alternatehistory.com

I've been looking into the partitions recently, and I was curious as to whether or not the Indian Subcontinent would be easier to control if India was divided on cultural lines, rather than as a single political entity (i.e. Telugu, Punjab, Nepal, Rajputna, Orissa) - each with their own colonial governors who would be effectively in competition with each other for prestige (perhaps by linking their compensation to the prosperity of their province over time).

Would this lead to a richer, less famine-stuck Indian subcontinent?
Prevent a single state forming if there is decolonialism ITTL?
Strengthen local cultures?
Create a larger local economy to extract tax revenues?
Top