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.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.
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.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.
If Japan doesn't try to annex India, that's highly unlikely.Then there's the matter of the frequently quoted 2 million volunteers. Would they form a resistance/partisan network?
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.
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.
Even if only a quarter of the population active supports fighting Japan is still badly outnumbered.