What form does Japanese India take

Suppose that for whatever reason the Japanese are able to win the Pacific War and control all of India. What do they do to it? Do they partition it, keep it whole, or have each of the Maharajas control his own state in the Co-Prosperity sphere.
 
An almost ASB scenario but if we handwave it into existence...

Depends on how the Indian Nationalists work things out. Subhas Chandra Bose will likely be in ascendance. The maharajas are likely to be irrrelevant- the vast majority of them were overt opponents of the Indian nationalists and supporters of the Raj so it's unlikely they'll have much clout in an Axis India scenario.

Whatever happens Japan is likely to find it will only be able to exert very limited control over India.
 
Suppose that for whatever reason the Japanese are able to win the Pacific War and control all of India. What do they do to it? Do they partition it, keep it whole, or have each of the Maharajas control his own state in the Co-Prosperity sphere.
India would become a Japanese ally. It's to far away and to big to be occupied, but it would likely be part of there Co-Prosperity Sphere and under heavy Japanese influence.
 
Perhaps Ceylon might be annexed directly to the Japanese Empire? It would give them room to station garrisons and aircraft to persuade the Indians - their new friends - that they are not so far away. "We are watching you..."

Also, the Imperial Fleet presumably could use the island as a resupply point and port.
 
India would become a Japanese ally. It's to far away and to big to be occupied, but it would likely be part of there Co-Prosperity Sphere and under heavy Japanese influence.

Would the Japanese accept that, though? There would be a very real risk that India might eclipse Japan in terms of power and influence in the Co-Prosperity Sphere. I don't think the Japanese are willing to take that risk.
 
Would the Japanese accept that, though? There would be a very real risk that India might eclipse Japan in terms of power and influence in the Co-Prosperity Sphere. I don't think the Japanese are willing to take that risk.
They wouldn't have a choice. The Japanese Army could barely make it to Northern India and have to leave enough troops to hold every thing they conquered between it and Japan. India has 300 million people and they're already heavily involved with China. It just wouldn't be feasible.
 

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More seriously - it would be bloody. The reason the Indian independence movement worked out as peacefully as it did was that the Brits weren't inclined to get gratuitously violent.
Imperial Japan will not be as forgiving.
 
Then there's the matter of the frequently quoted 2 million volunteers. Would they form a resistance/partisan network?
 
Japans army was up to its neck in China & elsewhere. This scenario implies Japan has got a very favorable settlement or victory and its army is occupying lots of potientially disgruntled populations across greater Asia. So, if the Japanese try to enforce economic policies beneficial to itself the Army will have way more than it could possiblly handle.

More seriously - it would be bloody. The reason the Indian independence movement worked out as peacefully as it did was that the Brits weren't inclined to get gratuitously violent.
Imperial Japan will not be as forgiving.

After Ghandi is shot India will start moving towards the conditions of the Mutiny & beyond. Its unlikely Japan will actually control more than a few enclaves after five or ten years. India may not unify, but most Indians will decide there future does not reside with Japans dominance. Even if only a quarter of the population active supports fighting Japan is still badly outnumbered.
 
Suppose that for whatever reason the Japanese are able to win the Pacific War and control all of India. What do they do to it? Do they partition it, keep it whole, or have each of the Maharajas control his own state in the Co-Prosperity sphere.

Whatever form the ASB that caused it wants.

Japan couldn't conquer China which was next door. How the heck are they going to conquer India, so much further away?
 
Even if only a quarter of the population active supports fighting Japan is still badly outnumbered.

Not to mention that'll still be fighting in China of all places, where the problem is the same but far worst (let alone everywhere else it took over, which mind you is all perfect land for conducting guerrilla warfare).
 
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