Easy. There are plenty of opportunities to do so....like dominionhood following WWI, for example.Like it says in the title.
You'd need quite a flock of big butterflies for that... and they might well have been enough to prevent the HEIC expanding from its trading posts (or even feeling any need to do so...) in the first place.Have the Indian Mutiny succeed.
There's a lot of factors that could be changed to give the rebels a better chance, notably the large number of local rulers who were on the British side, internal divisions and lack of cohesive leadership among the rebels and no outside help in OTL. Also, the rebels lost the public relations battle by committing atrocities, notably at Cawnpore. If the rebels had been more disciplined, and reports of East India Company atrocities had come out instead, it's possible that the British Government would have left the Company to its own devices.
Maybe dominionship might be the answer. Though isn't India technically still part of the Commonwealth?
Or even have FDR convince Churchill to do it. Roosevelt pestered Churchill on India several times and Churchill always refused.
But were there already enough Indian politicians with enough experience of government to stand a chance of doing the job properly by that date, or was the OTL later period of 'dyarchy' actually needed for developing such a cadre?1919 Would be a good date following India's support for Britain in the First World War including Gandhi's. It would also be before Jionnah left the Congress Party and before the Moslem League was calling for a seperate Islamic State. I lot of communal violence might have been avoided
You could have the Motilal Nehru/Jinnah combo. Highly capitalist, and creating the Union of India earlier in time.But were there already enough Indian politicians with enough experience of government to stand a chance of doing the job properly by that date, or was the OTL later period of 'dyarchy' actually needed for developing such a cadre?
Easy. There are plenty of opportunities to do so....like dominionhood following WWI, for example.
Defederalized. Britain basically united India, so.....But what becomes of the Princely States? India never was one nation and large parts of the sub continent were never under the DIRECT control of the RAJ. The Maharajas were not about to surrender their autonomy without serious concessions or threats.
Sure. Perhaps some Maharajahs grow naughty behind the Brits' backs, and seek help from another power? But a United India would have to be after 1900.Did Idnia have any chances at independence after Indian Rebellion of 1857 but before 1900?