Hey everyone, this is my first post so bear with me. We all know the story of the partition of India, but one province was the bloodiest in terms of communal violence; Punjab. In this thread, I want to see if we can make it possible that all of Punjab was given to Pakistan (This is before the states reorg Act so this includes Haryana and Himachal as well as Delhi although Delhi may be a stretch). Punjab has always had Muslim Majority anyways and provinces like Sindh and EB had extremely large religious minorities ( for example the city of Karachi barely had any Muslims) however they were not partitioned, unlike Punjab. I do have a few ideas on how to achieve this, IOTL overwhelming Majority of Punjabi Christians remained with Pakistan so that minority was pretty much indifferent or supported the movement. Now obviously the Hindus did not want to join Pakistan however, there is one other minority in Punjab; the Sikhs. IOTL Jinnah actually offered the Sikhs to join Pakistan offering them positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Military, but they declined this due to historical reasons. Some anti-Indian Sikhs actually regret this but they are few in numbers. Let's say the Sikhs were convinced to join if you added the population of Sikhs, Muslims and Christians you would get a figure of roughly 70% this is more than enough for Pakistan to gain entire Punjab. This would have a plethora of effects but one major one would be; Kashmir. Since this Punjab included Himachal it would cut off India from Kashmir completely making India, the Maharaja would most likely not ask for help from India you may see something like the annexation of Balochistan. This means that India-Pakistan animosity wouldn't be that large it might be comparable to India-Bangladesh relations. Giving Pakistan all of Punjab also gives Pakistan a larger minority population and if it does fulfil its promise to the Sikhs this would mean minority religions would be treated better as the head of the military belongs to one. This may be a stretch but what a way it can get Delhi or a part of it (ie old city). Also unrelated, what if Pakistan gained Lakshwadeep as well since that too was a Muslim majority area. Please tell me your thoughts and what you think would effect would occur if this happened or another way to achieve this.
EDIT: Scratch that Delhi part out
EDIT: Scratch that Delhi part out
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