The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 455 Bulk
In addition to its vast territory, India also has another characteristic: it has many ethnic groups!

If it weren't for Nehru's actions, India would now have 544 ethnic groups. If divided by ethnicity, it would represent 544 states!

At that time, Nehru had a high prestige, so he carried out governance actions step by step. First, he strengthened the power of the Congress Party, organized the first election in India, and established Congress Party governments at the central and state levels, so that the decrees of the Congress Party Central Government could be passed down to the local areas. Secondly, he used redemption and force to merge India's 554 princely states, re-divided the state boundaries according to ethnic languages, and then began to gradually promote a unified language, so that those small ethnic groups would gradually disappear naturally.

After that, land reform will be carried out.

If all Nehru's plans had succeeded, centralization of power, internationalization of the army, redistribution of the means of production, restoration of national self-esteem, India would have become a strong country.

Unfortunately, in order to achieve this, Nehru chose the wrong war, which resulted in the loss of national destiny.

Naturally, many measures cannot be implemented.

There are still many ethnic groups in India now, and the Indian central government cannot control so many of them. There are many states with hatred!

The Sikhs in Punjab, several states in the northeast, the independence movement in Kashmir, the linguistic states in the south.

The Sikhs of Punjab, the ethnic group familiar to everyone with men wearing large turbans and big beards, have no identification with India at all. When India and Pakistan were partitioned in 1947, the Sikhs were very dissatisfied with being divided into two.

However, since the 60s, the voices of Sikhs demanding independence have been growing day by day. The reason is naturally that the Indian central government has been plundering them crazily and buying up large amounts of food at low prices. Punjab, where the Sikhs live, was originally rich in food, but the plundering by the Indian central government has caused famine among the Sikhs. This atrocity has caused widespread dissatisfaction among the Sikhs.

The Indian army's attack on the Sikh holy temple in 1984 added fuel to the fire.

You have to know that in order to win votes for the election, India's Iron Lady promised the Sikhs that she would allow them to govern themselves when she came to power. However, she went back on her word, and the conflict between the two sides became increasingly serious, leading to the escalation of armed conflict between the two sides.

The Iron Lady ordered a heavy force to capture the Sikhs' holy site, the Golden Temple. In the end, the Sikhs shot and killed the Iron Lady for their holy site.

Now the seeds of hatred are spreading, taking root and sprouting, and the powder keg is about to be ignited.

The second force is the northeastern region of India, which is connected to the Indian mainland by a very narrow channel. This region has had nothing to do with India since ancient times, and its people belong to the Mongol race. Their ancestors first migrated from the Yellow River basin, and later mixed with southwestern ethnic minorities. Historically, this area has always been a vassal state of the Kingdom of Burma. Later, the British defeated Burma and occupied it, and incorporated it into India for the convenience of management.

People in this region never considered themselves Indian.

Nehru learned the British tactic of procrastination, saying that you can have autonomy if you sign the agreement. Then, India's northeast region held a referendum in 1951. Nehru turned hostile immediately, tore up the agreement, dispatched troops and arrested those leaders.

India not only allows local residents to immigrate to Northeast India to enrich the area, but also the conflicts between immigrants and local people are escalating. Conflicts such as culture, religion, drinking water and land have led to constant hatred between immigrants and local people. Thousands of people die in conflicts every year. This area is also the area where India's hatred violence activities are most frequent.

Not only do feuds frequently occur in the area, but the Indian central government also treats India's northeast region as second-class residents, frantically plundering local minerals but being reluctant to invest in local construction, which further aggravates discontent in India's northeast region.

When the Sikkim and Bhutan guerrillas occupied the corridor and divided it into two, the entire northeast region of India immediately underwent an earth-shaking situation. In less than two months, all the loyal Indian troops were killed, and now the Independent Democratic Alliance has mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops. Not to mention the Kashmir region, India has stationed heavy troops in the Indian-controlled area all year round, including 50 troops and 50 police to maintain local order. In Kashmir, the army and the police are all degraded. As long as there is friction between India and Pakistan, martial law and curfew will be implemented immediately. This measure strictly restricts the local economic development, which in turn leads to large-scale unemployment in the Kashmir region, and there is no sense of identity with India.

As for the language states in South India, this has to do with the characteristics of India. India has always been divided into South India and North India. For example, the core area of ​​India, the Ganges River Basin, belongs to North India. The Maurya Empire, the Kushan Empire, the Gupta Empire, the Harsha Empire, the Delhi Sultanate, and the Mughal Empire only controlled North India. South India is mainly based on the Deccan Plateau and has been independent for most of history.

This situation of division between the North and the South has continued, resulting in the fact that people in South India still do not really identify themselves as Indians.

This is the hidden danger of bulk. It may be okay in normal times, but once something happens, internal and external troubles will erupt at the same time, which may cost lives.

At this time, here in Punjab, the powder keg is about to explode.

The leaders of the democratic and liberal factions are meeting and will arm themselves for independence.

In addition to the 20,000 troops they had developed themselves, they also had a 30,000-strong Sikh army stationed in Punjab, for a total of 50,000 troops.

Although there was still a huge disparity in power, they were very determined and believed that they would be able to realize their wish and achieve the Sikhs' dream of establishing an independent nation.

On the wall, there is a military map showing the ongoing military deployment.

Capture important military locations, including controlling military camps, transportation hubs, key heights, communications, etc.

As for whether doing so will lead to the complete collapse of the current Indian-controlled area of ​​Kashmir, what does that have to do with the Sikhs!

They only want to achieve national liberation and establish an independent state for themselves, the Sikhs.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the efforts and sacrifices of our ancestors, our years of hard work, will finally be realized in our hands. The dawn of victory has appeared!" A Sikh man, about fifty years old, said in a deep voice. He is the leader of the Sikhs and enjoys great prestige among the Sikhs.

He said in a deep voice: "If a nation wants to be independent, it must fight! Brave Sikhs, fight for our country!"

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" the other Sikhs shouted.

The Sikhs are an extremely warlike people. They have their own beliefs and religion, and they are unwavering in their faith in Sikhism.

They want to establish the nation of Khalistan!

Their Khalistan state will cover parts of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and other states. They want to establish a 'pure land'!
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