DBWI:What if India gained independence as a federation?

We all know the myriad of Indian problems that were caused by not allowing any autonomy for local governments. What if the Indian constitution made India a federation rather than a unitary state?
 

Gian

Banned
India would've had some chance of staying unified.

As it was, local discontent led to violent calls for independence, which led to the independence wars, which led to Pakistan annexing Indian Kashmir and West Bengal, while Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore, and the Sikh Republic* all forming their own independent states.

*OTL (Indian) Punjab and Haryana
 
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