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Hey Guys,

Now the idea of an Imperial Federation has been kicked around this forum for a while, and the issue of India always crops up. The problem is that, to have India as part of the Imperial Federation and to have Westminster (and the other previous colonies) happy you'd need India to have less power otherwise it would dominate the Federation. This would make it undemocratic and thus not very viable. So could one of the easier things to do be simply to keep the British Raj separate to the Imperial Federation and simply slowly give it more Home Rule?

This would keep a few of the benefits of India within the British Empire, but would also allow for India to slowly slip out of the Empire. This would also resolve the situation of having a dominant India in the Federation that can now be kept more 'British'.

What other things could be done to resolve the Indian situation? Is my plan a good one? Is the plan above likely to lead to resistance (peaceful or violent) in India?
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