What would have happened in India if it hadn’t been partitioned in 1947?
Contrary to popular belief, the British never created a rift between India, Pakistan and eventually Bangladesh. It was in fact the only logical solution considered by our politicians at the time, who felt their political agenda would continuously be blocked by theocratic Muslims who felt secularism would drown out their religious identity. The Congress also stumbled on several occasions to support the Muslim community due to strong lobbies by Hindu landowners.
India was already crumbling along religious lines. But what if this never happened? What if the idea of Pakistan was never considered a solution to Indian political stability? How would two bitter rivals fare as one country today?
1. Karachi will be the Third Largest City of India , Lahore the fifth.
2. No Islamabad and No Chandigarh.
3. Largest Muslim population in the world.
4. World’s Third Largest Military power.
5. 36 states and 7 union territories.
6. Super Strong cricket team.
7. Super Power of Asia Leading the World.
8. Nuclear Power Plants in Peshawar,Rawalpindi and Quetta.
9. World’s most populated country.
10. World’s 2nd largest GDP.
11. No Kashmir issue.
12. No cross border terrorism and no dying jawans.
13. More Medal Tally for Olympics.
14. No Surgical strikes.
15. 100% Hindu Muslim Unity.
16. Karachi will be a hub of Hindus (Sindhis).
17. India can have large no. of Tanks.
18. India’s main opponent will be Iran .
19. IISc will have its branch in Lahore.
20. IIT ,NIT , everywhere in Punjab and Sindh.
21. No Balochistan issue.
22. No Mujaheddin.
23. No Kashmir Pandit Exodus.
24. The Iran-India pipeline – It was conceptualised in the 50s, and was to connect Iran to India in supplying Natural Gas thereby benefiting both economies tremendously. However it never happened due to Pakistan’s inability to make up its mind. It was scrapped as Pakistan came under pressure from Saudi Arabia and the US to back out. India, if united, would not have taken sides and would go ahead with the plan for a stable supply of natural gas from the Middle East.
