India is a remarkably diverse nation, possessing no single unifying language culture, and relying on a mutual Hindu unity to exist.
What are the chances that the British, not trusting the Congress to maintain a unified India, and wanting to create several states so that none of them could truly resist British economic influence, instead divides India by linguistic, not religious, boundaries?
The created states will probably be Sikkim, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, some sort of Deccan state that could possibly evolve out of Hyderabad, a state specifically for Hindi speakers, etc.
Bonus points if there is no united Pakistan either.
What are the chances that the British, not trusting the Congress to maintain a unified India, and wanting to create several states so that none of them could truly resist British economic influence, instead divides India by linguistic, not religious, boundaries?
The created states will probably be Sikkim, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, some sort of Deccan state that could possibly evolve out of Hyderabad, a state specifically for Hindi speakers, etc.
Bonus points if there is no united Pakistan either.