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When the Belgians arrived in Rwanada during the colonial period they pretty much flipped the traditional socio-political power dynamic between the Hutus and the Tutsi groups via their preferred divide-and-conquer policy. (empowering the Tutsi over the Hutu while historically it was the other way around).
So what if the British did something similar in India?
Say, instead of sticking with the Hindu principalities to rule through, the Brits (starting with the East India Company) dismantle old regimes and flip the power structure in favor of the Dalit caste?(Untouchables)
Could this work? and if so, what would be the make and model of this Dalit-dominated British Raj?