India (1983: Doomsday)
From Alternative History
India is a former country that was once the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Today India is divided between several different states. The Union Interim Parliament (UIP) has come the closest to reuniting the subcontinent, but its weak government is constantly assaulted by rebellions and border wars with breakaway nations. In 2008 the UIP gained a measure of respectability when the League of Nations recognized it as the government of India.
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[edit] History
[edit] Pre-Doomsday
The early 1980s were marked with rising social unrest in India. Insurgents were on the rise in the Punjab; violence in Assam between native villagers, refugees from Bangladesh and other Indians; tensions with the Sikhs and various abuses of civil liberties.
[edit] Collapse
From 1983 until well into the mid-nineties, India faced the separation of many regions into separate states. Pakistan was also able to expand into the disputed Kashmir region in this period.
[edit] UIP on the Offensive
After a heavy session of negotiations between the ANZC and the Union Interim Parliment, a treaty called the Indo-ANZC Treaty of Friendship, Alliance & Co-ordination is signed on January 20, 2009. In exchange for heavy military & economic aid to the UIP, free trade is extended to ANZC.
With the new aid arriving, the UIP decides to shift its focus on bringing the break-away nations back into the fold. On March 21, UIP forces launch an attack on several military bases of Gondwana and Telangana, sending effective warnings to Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tula Nada & the largely communist states of the North-East. Telangana and Gondwana declare war on UIP on April 10. The two nations are fully occupied on August 4 & August 15, respectively & but resistance continues in parts of the two countries. This step is criticized by India's neighbour, the Islamic People's Republic of Pakistan, which has provided sanctuary to the exile governments of both states.
The League of Nations has remained split on the issue as both of the major power blocs use the situation to fight out their own disputes. The South American Confederation has demanded that the UIP ends it occupation and vows to provide military support to Pakistan if India attacks. The ANZC, however, supports the invasion and argues it is bringing order to a much destablized region.
On September 11, 2009, UIP forces launched Operation Green Hunt, with airborne soldiers dropping on the UIP-Sikkim border. They successfully captured the major roadways into Sikkim. There are about 5,000 troops dropped in helicopters, about 3,000 of which are organized into "stealth teams" of about 25-30 soldiers each. Each stealth team consists of 3-5 specialized snipers in ghilly suits, 8-12 regular troops with silenced assault rifles and 6-9 "demolition men" who carry most of the explosives, grenade launchers & flamethrowers. The aim of stealth teams is to work like ghost teams in the dense forests of Sikkim, clearing away the Sikkim military bases. On September 21, 2009, the government of Sikkim finally launches a counter-offensive against the UIP operation. By that time, however, it is too late as almost 1/4th of Sikkim has already been cleared. On September 23, 2009, Sikkim declares a full-scale war against UIP. However, the lack of a proper army causes UIP forces to single-handedly win the war. Sikkim surrenders on September 26, 2009. Sikkim's leader flees to Pakistan. This is more of a symbolic victory as the Sikkim government itself barely had any proper control on its own region.
[edit] Operation Red Blood
On October 2, 2009, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, UIP forces launch Operation Red Blood. Operation Red Blood engages about 70,000 men of the UIP Army. The aim is to dissolve the north-eastern break-away state of Arunachal Pradesh is the first to be re-entered into the Union. On October 3, UIP forces are dropped along the Bhutanese-Arunachal border, Bhutan being an ally of India allowed Indian forces to pass through Bhutan. The following day Indian soldiers are dropped in the UIP-controlled region of Manipur, the Indian Air Force planes and choppers "illegally" flying through the "airspace" of the countries of Bodoland & Assam. On Octeber 5, UIP forces infiltrate Arunachal Pradesh from its western and south-eastern borders. Arunachal Pradesh is curshed in the war, attacked from both sides. The war goes on for the next 1 month. Finally, on November 5, Arunachal Pradesh surrenders. The governemnt is exiled to Brazil. Arunachal Pradesh is once again a part of India.
[edit] The New Round Table Conference
The New Round Table Conference was held following the threat to stop goods supply to the subcontinent issued by the South American Confederation that if the UIP continues its war on the break-away states.The UIP member states with their representatives are held The New Round Table Conference, on November 15 for a possible unification of the UIP members into a country so that a more stable system can be established. Also present in the conference was the ANZC Prime Minister John Key. A Westminister-style Federal Republic was the most the states could agree upon, though UIP President Manmohan Singh pushed for a stronger central governement. PM John Key stayed away from taking sides, sighting it as India's internal matter. The UIP spokesperson commented at the end of the confernce, "We didn't & We couldn't expect to be making a country with the very first conference This is satisfactory." It is expected to take several months to an year to reach a solution.
[edit] Successor States
[edit] Khalistan
India had become very unstable after World War III, especially due to the collapse of its main ally, the Soviet Union. Sighting this instability both inside and outside the nation, Pro-Khalistan militants under Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, funded by Pakistan declared Khalistan to be an independent state on 12 November 1984, now celebrated as the Independence Day or the Mukti Din. The Republic of Khalistan was established with Ludhiana as its capital. Bhindranwale was immediately elected as the President of Khalistan. Though officially a democracy, Bhindranwale has ruled Khalistan ever since. The Khalistani Dollar became the currency of the new nation. The official language is Punjabi and Sikhism is the official religion.
[edit] Southern Breakaway States
The southern breakaway states included Tamil Nadu, Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh, Tula Nada, Gondwana and Telangana.
[edit] Eastern Breakaway States
The east was the region where most regions broke away. The breakaway states here included Bodoland, Assam, Dimasaland, Achikland, Kamtapur, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Zozam, and Sikkim.
Sikkim's origins lie in the 1988/1989 war between India's neighbours Bhutan and Nepal. Bhutan and Nepal did not share a border; they were separated by the Indian state of Sikkim. This state had a large ethnic Nepali population, so the inhabitants let the Nepali army through, against the will of the government of India, which was trying to mediate the situation. When India tryed to punish the state government of Sikkim, the state broke away from India, joining other breakaway states. Sikkim became a valuable Nepali ally in their war against Bhutan. Sikkim was therefore also a battleground during their second war from 1997 to 2004. Sikkim was eventually annexed back to India in 2009.
[edit] UIP
- See main article: Union Interim Parliament
[edit] See also
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