indian empire

Hemu was a Hindu merchant who rose in wealth and power during the days of the Sur Empire, eventually becoming a general. In the turmoil that ensued in the 1550s, with said empire gradually tearing itself apart and the Mughals reasserting their presence in northern India, Hemu captured Delhi in...

In 1977, after the end of the Emergency period, Indira Gandhi's Indian National Congress suffered a crushing electoral defeat to the Janata Party, which was less a party and more of a Frankenstein of smaller groups and factions stitched together and united in their opposition to the INC. Their...

Some time back, I thought the British Raj (aka British Indian Empire) was a good thing. After all, if India was united, brought into peace, and ruled by people with as much sympathy for their subjects as Kipling who enacted laws as enlightened as Napier's ban on suttee... Well, it turned out...

With a PoD anywhere between 1500 and the defeat of Nepal by British East India Company forces in 1816, how could we craft a scenario in which the Kingdom of Nepal, or an equivalent under a different dynasty, controls an empire in northern India? (Mainly, i'm aiming for Nepalese control over...

Let's say that the pivotal twenty-man Travancorean ambush in the Battle of the Nedumkotta, led by Vaikom Padmanabha Pillai, is thwarted ITTL- instead of successfully killing Tipu Sultan's army chief Meer Qamaruddin Khan in the ambush by a group of twenty Travancoreans, and inflicting lasting...

Is it possible, with a PoD after 1400 (maybe the portuguese fail to capture Diu?), for a large or at least considerably sized indian empire to arise from the (rather comercially rich) region of Gujarat? If so, then what are the effects of this Gujarati Empire on the history of India?

Is there a way to have the Maurya survive long enough to fight both the invading Mughals and the Europeans?

Assume that the Indo-Greek Kingdom survives, either by having Eucratides not be assassinated (so he can complete his conquest of his rival indo-greek kingdom, ruled by Demetrius) or by giving a stabler succession to Menander/Milinda. What are the effects on: The connections between Europe, the...

For starters, I don't think (nor am I asking) for ideas on how to keep India a part of the British Empire; that takes an ASB post 1857. Perhaps the Indian subcontinent gets its independence and remains a united subcontinent. This could be earlier or later than OTL, but I'm interested in reading...