bangladesh

OTL Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan (East Pakistan) until the liberation war in 1971, triggered by Operation Searchlight - an attempted genocide by the Pakistani army. This was in many ways inevitable, Bengalis were ethnically, racially (according to the Pakistani army atleast), linguistically...

Since lately I've been pretty fascinated by the Bengal Sultanate, and in one of my new TL projects I'd love to try and keep it alive. The effects on the region could be very interesting, especially if the Sultanate expands into Assam and develops closer ties with Burma (which might even go...

The Fourteen Points was made by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1929 in response to the Nehru Report. The Nehru Report was the Indian National Congress’s proposal for a government of an independent India. The Muslim League, led by Jinnah, opposed the report on the grounds that it didn’t provide enough...

Like overall if, we're going from a POD, what kind of reforms would the countries of the Indian Subcontinent need to take (if no other country changes unless otherwise) for them to achieve a similar growth trajectory of China? I'm just trying to understand what kind of policies would need to be...

This is set in 1947 a few months after Britain leaves India, only this time the states they leave behind are even less well constructed than OTL, being split into 16 states (Including Myanmar) rather than 2 like OTL, and also split not only through religion, but also ethnicity and with...

Could South Asia rival East Asian economies if it had played it's cards right? Much of South Asia did have a well established system of governance and good transportation systems relative to much of Asia. Burma and Sri Lanka were better off than South Korea in the 1950s, but all this changed due...

In a TL where India is never partitioned, what would its administrative divisions be like? (the territory I mean is modern-day India + Pakistan + Bangladesh; only these three, no Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, etc.), something similar to the present day with some alterations? This topic can be at...

In 1968 the Pakistani Government arrested a number of persons including Mujib in connection with the Agartala Conspiracy Case but the case had to be dropped by the Government due to a popular uprising in East Pakistan without even completing the case. The case was filed in early 1968 and...

Just a smaller exercise of Alternate History, But what if George VI and Queen Mother Elizabeth were assassinated in India during their proposed Durbar in 1937 ? In OTL, George VI was planning on holding a Durbar in Delhi just like his Father before him but decided not to due to rising...

Hello fans of alternate history, I've been wonder how would create a timeline with a vastly stronger Pakistan? By stronger, I mean in terms of size, economy, resources, strategic position, influences, population and military strength ect if it means that subsequently a lot of the population...

Gow would Indian subcontinent be if it were Islamic ? Let's say Arabs are able to overrun North and Central India and Conquer them like Iran, The main question is the effects of Islamic India How would language be, will a new Islamic script emerge or could Sanskrit be written in this new...

Sikhism is one of the world's youngest religion that grew in the fertile and multi religious province of Punjab and has both religious influences from Islam and Hinduism Yet it does not even make up the majority of the Punjab region for many reasons such as persecution, strong opposition and...

So according to Wikipedia, Bangladesh from the 16th-18th centuries was one of the most industrially advanced regions and was on the verge of undergoing an Industrial Revolution - however, this was ended with the disorder caused by the Maratha and British East India Company invasions. What if an...

Mauryan Empire is one of the largest empires in Human history and the largest in India, however, it was not able to permanently unite India, But what if it did, If Mauryan Empire was able to exist for long enough that a united sense of being Indian and the Subcontinent was United entity for most...

What if, instead of Bengal, is Jammu and Kashmir the region that gets partitioned on religious lines? While Bangladesh remains the only muslim majority state in India? Here is a post from another similar thread : First I was thinking that the partition would be with more or less with the...

In 2004 amid much enthusiasm SAFTA( South Asian Free Trade Agreement ) was signed. It was an attempt to leave behind memories of the Kargil war and try new bold measures. It was hoped that it will be in time as successful as NAFTA and could even lead to a future customs union. Will it be successful?

So in this case the POD is 1989 where all the countries of the Indian Subcontinent experience some changes which allows for them to experience highers amounts of growth and results in them gaining wealth. As a result by 2019 all of the countries are upper middle income nations with their...

I want to write a timeline for this, but I'd like to hear out if anyone has any thoughts on how likely this is to happen & what they think about this TL One way I see if happening is that Bangladesh-Pakistan conflicts spread out to India and India decides to outright annex Bangladesh into India...

In OTL, Hinduism is the third largest religion, is there a way possible to make Hinduism the second largest religion in the world The POD is after 1674, Birth of Maratha Empire Bonus points if both Pakistan and Bangladesh are also Hindus

United India has been my personal most researched Alternate history, I wanted to know how Would it Look, here is the Scenario - Jinnah does not return to India after leaving congress in 1920s. he spends the rest of his life in England, thus the Muslim League does not gain Steam due to not...