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This is a discussion page for my British Empire TL - The Sun Never Sets.

This is a simple thread to discuss the specifics of my TL, The Sun Never Sets. An alternative timeline about the survival of British Empire, the largest empire in history.

I will be posting the draft here. The draft begins with a relatively obscure PoD in 1883 and ends with a surviving British Empire that does not break up or is subsumed into an 'Indian Empire'.

I wish to publicly hold a discussion about the PoD and how the story unfolds so as to get your opinion about the OTL events influencing the TL to make it a rigorously delineated and through Time-Line.

Granted some would say that holding such a discussion would make this TL a part of the Shared Worlds but this thread is merely to discuss ideas about how the thread is to progress and obtain information about the ground realities from experts in various fields, i.e., you from all over the globe.

While researching this TL over the past month since i posted on Kvasir's thread about the effect of 'no British involvement in the Great War on the sub-continent' I realized that there is a lot more to good alternate history than just finding trends similar to OTL and jumping the gun. There are certain facts on the ground that cannot be ignored.

In my original draft of the TL i tried my best to stick to a result oriented approach, as to how to best modify a situation to get a result but i now realize that such an approach is very flawed and results in a very ham-fisted and cobbled together appearance of the TL.

To get a more smoother transition and thus a more reliable and believable ATL getting the facts on the ground straight is vital. And that is were i seek your help. I can't possible finish all the research necessary to actually figure out the entire TL for myself in my lifetime but i can surely ask you for any possible related information.

After all its easier to stitch rags up than to weave the same out of thin air.

So without any further ado i preent to you my very very rough draft.

Comments and Criticism are very welcome.

Regards Kalki
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