partition of india

Hello fans of alternate history, I've been wonder how would create a timeline with a vastly stronger Pakistan? By stronger, I mean in terms of size, economy, resources, strategic position, influences, population and military strength ect if it means that subsequently a lot of the population...

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...

What if, instead of Bengal, is Jammu and Kashmir the region that gets partitioned on religious lines? While Bangladesh remains the only muslim majority state in India? Here is a post from another similar thread : First I was thinking that the partition would be with more or less with the...

Immediately after the partition of India, when’s the most plausible scenario and time that could be reversed? Assuming it was possible for the partition to be reversed and India and Pakistan (both sides) gets reversed, when and how could this happen? How does the history of Asia change as a...

Here is something I've been wondering. How could British India be further divided? And by that, I don't mean by religious divides like with India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. I mean by the various sub-cultures; like would we get a Tamil region, a Bengal country and so on? What would be the best...

Hey everyone, this is my first post so bear with me. We all know the story of the partition of India, but one province was the bloodiest in terms of communal violence; Punjab. In this thread, I want to see if we can make it possible that all of Punjab was given to Pakistan (This is before the...

Usually whatever is at your historical disposal, prevent India from being split into Pakistan and India.

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...