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During India's quest for independence, there were several proposals for the devolution of power within the subcontinent. Amongst these was the call for an independent Tamil Nadu/Dravidistan (a region which also possessed many communist sympathizers) a united Bengal and Assam, as well as proposals to cede Pashtun and Baluch regions to Afghanistan/Iran.

Furthermore, most British and Indian politicians never expected the larger princely states, such as Travancore and Kashmir, to actually accede to the Union.

Thus, your challenge is to use a PoD that is no earlier than 1944 to ensure that what we know as India and Pakistan is instead separated into the follow states: A union of Bengal and Assam, an independent Travancore, an independent Kashmir, a nationalist Hindustan in the north, and a Dravidistan/Tamil Nadu in the south.

Bonus points if there is both a Dravidistan AND an independent Tamil Nadu, and if one of them is communist.
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