indian independence

Hello all, BR Ambedkar, author of the Indian Constitution, hated Hinduism. As a member of the untouchable dalit caste, Ambedkar faced adversity all his life, and publicised debates with Gandhi and eventual conversion to Buddhism prompted dalits to convert to Buddhism en masse. What if Ambedkar...

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...

As most of you are probably aware, IOTL Gandhi was shot and killed in 1948 by a Hindu nationalist. What if he had survived the attack (either by the assassin being stopped before he could fire or by being wounded nonfatally)? What would be the effects on India and the world if he had survived...

Assuming a united Bengal seeks independence in 1947, what excatly would its borders look like? I assume this would be all of Bangladesh plus West Bengal. Do they get other parts of India? I believe Tripura has a Bengal majority. What happens to Northeastern India? They would be cut off from the...

With a POD no earlier than 1900 is it possible that the princely states survive in one way or another in an India independent of the UK?

Specifically, in a scenario where Turkey still joins the CP and the indian auxiliaries are still given a chance to fight in the Entente side. Could indian independence come earlier? And when it comes, will India's partition end up different?

IOTL, the southern Indians, known as dravidians, have developed as a relatively distinct ethnicity (or, more accurately, conjunction of ethnicities) from the northern, indo-european speaking indians. In the last years of the British Raj, a complex identitarian situation arose which allowed...

Hi all If the topic has been discussed before please post it thank you. I was thinking today about the great Winston Churchill and how so many incidents could have turned against him and one of the infamous was Gallipoli. Now I know to all intended purposes he was incompetent at that time...