Scenarios that stop any European nation colonising India.

What POD's could stop the Indian subcontinent from being colonised, coastal cities however can be conquered.
 
There should be some very strong Indian nations or even only one country on the area. Perhaps Mughal Empire stays strong and conquer Southern India. But even then it is pretty hard to keep whole area as unified.
 
Kingdom of Mysore could pull off a Japan. Not necessarily a Meiji, as it was already very active in trading with Britain, but in the sense of fast modernization. Mysore was already one of the wealthiest kingdoms of India, and that was still the case when it was a Princely State.

I think you would need a different Seven Years' War for an independent Mysore, though.
 
The Khalsa and Awadh. The Nawabs only lost against the British due to poor quality troops and technology.

Find a way to get Awadh to help oust the British from Bengal in a earlier POD and you'll get what you need.

There also numerous PODs with the Khalsa you can choose.
 
Have Aurangzeb either never reign or else leave only one son

Mogul Empire continues and European presence never gets beyond the "treaty port"level.
 
The native Indian power that could most likely spread and rule over the subcontinent after the Mughals were the Marathas. After the collapse of the Mughal Empire, the Marathas had conquered much of North and Central India and for a time the Mughal Emperor was a puppet in their hands.
The untimely death of Shivaji, the succession disputes between his grandsons, the weakness of his successors etc. were all factors against the Royal House. Still the ascent of strong Peshwas(Prime Ministers) and brilliant generals helped the Maratha power to grow. The not so cordial relationship between the Peshwas and the hereditary commanders like Bhosley, Scindia, Holkar, Gaikwad etc. prevented the consolidation of the Maratha confederacy. The defeat of the Maratha forces of Peshwa in the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761 at the hands of Ahmed Shah Abdali also was a great setback for the Marathas.
Shivaji expired in 1680 at the age of 53 and Aurangzeb died in 1707. If Shivaji had lived longer and consolidated the Maratha Empire, Marathas would have succeeded in replacing the Mughals as the dominant power, preventing the foreign incursions and interference.
 
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