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Of course, we all know about OTL's British Raj, and the whole Empress of India thing. China's supposedly indomitable by any colonial power, presumedly impossible for any colonial power to carve apart and annex to their empires (in spite of the plethora of examples where China was fragmented in the past, and the fact that several territories which were formerly part of Imperial China are still ruled over by other nations). But India's always perceived to be a walkover, an easy pick for whichever colonial nation decides to pluck it. Why is that? You challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to bring about the reverse scenario, in which at least one major Indian Colonial Power arises as a plausible rival to the European colonialists, and survives in some shape or form to the present day.

Scoring:

1 point per 1% of the World (excl. Indian subcontinent) under the control of the Indian Colonial Power in 1900. 10 extra bonus points if the Indian Colonial Power's territories, at greatest extent, include a significant (50,000 sq.km or more) portion of Western Europe or/and North America.
x 0.5 if the POD is before 1750.
x 1 if the POD is after 1750.
x 1.5 if the POD is after 1800.
x 2 if the POD is after 1850.
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