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IOTL, in a period between December 2001 and June 2002, there was an uncomfortable escalation of tensions between the governments of India and Pakistan, after an incident involving a terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament which left 12 dead. India claimed that Pakistan's intelligence service...

(Thoughts between me and @Joshua Ben Ari..) For whatever reason, say America does worst in the War of 1812, leading to the British (Who never saw the Louisiana Purchase as legal.) to take Louisiana. Leading to either... 1: Louisiana is given back to Spain with New Orleans as an...

Suppose that the British actually divided India up into several colonies,with a viceroy and a separate administration in each one,would India actually become far more divided than OTL?

There was no need for locks since the Mediterranean and the Red Sea are level, so if an Emperor like Augustus or Trajan ordered one built and had 20,000 men put to work on it, it would be finished eventually wouldn't it, even if it fell to one of their successors to finish it? This analysis I...

If there was no European conquest of India, like how the British did it, and just small trading posts, like British Bombay, Portuguese Goa or French Pondicherry, which Indian Empire has the best chance of unifying India?

Since both Pakistan and China claim parts of India (and vice versa), what if China and Pakistan gang up and declare war on India? Which one would win and why?

As the title implies, your challenge is to have India be divided by the European empires instead of being a singular colony, basically a similar situation to Africa and South East Asia. It can be divided by Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and/or Italy.

Prologue. Shiladitya looked off towards the horizon. Bleaching white on other days, the desert horizon today was turning increasingly green. Babur's majestic Mughal banners fluttered in the wind amongst the huge puffs of smoke raised by his swift brigades of cavalry. The plan was crystal clear...

The Ancient Greeks are often presented as if they are the most significant thing that has ever happened in the history of civilisation. Supposedly, western civilisation is built on the Classical Greek foundations and their achievements are unmatched in all of history. The Classical Greeks are...

As we all know, Mahatma Gandhi was committed to civil disobedience and non-violence, even in extreme situations. Yet, what if that was different? What if Gandhi was actively violent, aggressive, and willing to do anything to get his way? What would the Indian independence movement under his...

During ww2 the japanese offensive u-go sought to capture northern burma, forcing the allies back into india. The japanese command seemed to have some weird reasons to invade india, so if the japanese won a decisive victory at imphal, and broke into india what would happen? I honestly doubt the...

How Indian subcontinent would have looked like today had Maratha crippled the British completely in 1818 making them unable to maintain any military strength in India (just like how Travancore kingdom decimated Dutch Navy in the Battle of Colachel)

Another scenario focusing on Indo-Afghan relations... IOTL, the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80) was an armed conflict fought in Afghanistan that pitted the British, who intended to estabilish an embassy in Kabul, secure their border, and perhaps also appoint a puppet Emir, against the Barakzai...

What if the progenitor of the Mughal dynasty, Babur, had been defeated by the forces of the Lodi Sultanate at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526? What would be the consequences for India? For how long can the Lodis survive? And what about Rana Sanga of Mewar?

Following the partion of British India and the independance of it's succesor states. Have India become a non-secular Hindu country.

Let's say that a "Dravidian nationalist" movement akin to the All-India Muslim League was strong enough for support for an independent Dravidia to reach the same "critical mass" that support for Pakistan did IOTL so, on August 15, 1947, India achieves independence as three states: Bharat...

Marathas have always Fascinated me as they were the last Pan Indian empire, and I have always wondered how India would be Under Marathas, thus this is the what if scenario, If Marathas controlled all of India - By the End of the eighteenth century, Marathas control all of South Asia till Kabul...

The Licence Raj was a series of socialist economic policies which severely stifled Indian economic growth. It was abolished in the 1990s. However, could it had been abolished earlier and if so, when is the earliest?

February 1944. Gandhi's wife Kasturba, dies as per OTL from failing health. Gandhi in prison at that time, goes on fast for 21 days in protest. OTL he caught malaria in May, here however i propose that he gets malaria in March and dies from poor health at the age of 74. BTW he dies in March...

In OTL, Hinduism is the third largest religion, is there a way possible to make Hinduism the second largest religion in the world The POD is after 1674, Birth of Maratha Empire Bonus points if both Pakistan and Bangladesh are also Hindus