Chapter 8: The Monarch with Ideas

Not to mention Sikkim and Bhutan, which are the edges of the South Asian subcontinent, and Hyderabad, as the largest princely state in South Asia, occupies the center of the Deccan Plateau, and is the place where the prosperous North India must control, so as to suppress South India, which is outside the control of North India for most of the time.

The gap between the North and the South in British India was far greater than that of China, and the Tamils of South India had established states several times, and there was nothing in common between North and South India except for the Hindu faith.

If Alan Wilson had been in Nehru's position, it would not have been possible to acquiesce in Hyderabad's continued independence.

"Now let's talk about it, if according to Ali Jinnah's idea, the two major religions occupy the majority of their own religions in each place and establish an independent state, the Honorable Maharaja, if I divide it by simple religion, you should definitely be inclined to Ali Jinnah, right?" Alan Wilson pointed to Ali Khan's pacifist status.

Ali Khan nodded, not hiding this, and said, "If there were only these two choices, of course I would choose Ali Jinnah." ”

"That's going to be hard!" Out of a realistic attitude, Alan Wilson gave Ali Khan a pessimistic analysis, "Nehru will not let the Hyderabad princely state maintain the status quo, and the Hyderabad princely state controlled by the Maharaja is far away from the northwestern provinces of the same religion and from Bengal in the northeast. ”

Alan Wilson proved that there is no worst but worse, and continued in front of the silent Ali Khan, "And in the princely state of Hyderabad, where Hindus make up 80 percent, and pacifists are an absolute minority, once Nehru incited Hindus to take the form of a referendum, or some other way to find a reason, things will be really difficult to do." By the way, the situation in the princely state of Junagad is similar to that of Hyderabad. ”

Located on the Katiawa Peninsula in India, the princely state of Junagadh covers an area of about 50,000 square kilometers, and the situation in the princely state is similar to that of Hyderabad, with more than 80 percent of the population being Hindus and the monarch being pacifists. Later, the king of the princely state decided to join Pakistan, but the inhabitants of the princely state firmly opposed it, and a riot broke out. The monarch fled to Pakistan, and India took over the princely state.

Kashmir, which later led to the Indo-Pakistani War, was the opposite, with the king being Hindu and most of its inhabitants pacifizing. Kashmir eventually became the trigger for the Indo-Pakistani war.

Before the British withdrawal, because of the problem of the princely state, it was not just a Kashmir problem, the princely state of Hyderabad and the princely state of Junagadh were all the same problems as Kashmir, and in the end, only a thunder in Kashmir was already Nehru's good hand.

Having said that, after independence, India was not prepared to negotiate with Pakistan at all, and if the monarch was a peaceman, a majority of Hindus would be referendum, and if the monarch was a Hindu, he would respect the opinion of the princely monarch, what is yours is mine, and what is mine is still mine.

This attitude applies everywhere India looks at it, and it continues to be this attitude in the twenty-first century.

"Will it be divided according to Ali Jinnah's wishes? London could well continue to rule South Asia. Thinking about it, Ali Khan couldn't help but be irritated and said, "You can continue to maintain the rule of London, isn't Prime Minister Churchill the same attitude?" ”

Alan Wilson was silent, unable to answer this question, it can't be said that the earth has changed masters, and now the strength of the United States and the Soviet Union has surpassed the broken aristocracy of Britain, and Britain wants to maintain its rule in South Asia, it will definitely not be allowed by the United States and the Soviet Union, and the two countries will not look at Britain as if after World War I, slowly using British India to recover.

After the First World War, Britain's strength was still there, and it was still in the same category as the United States, and the United States at that time did not dare to gamble on the fate of the country and the British Empire to fight with all its might, so it could only return to the Americas to continue isolationism.

It is definitely not like after the First World War, when Britain and France joined forces to resist the fact that during the Suez Canal War, Britain and France joined forces to finally summon up the majesty of the old imperialism, and what happened in the end? At the same time, it was threatened by the joint efforts of the United States and the Soviet Union!

But as the commissioner of the British Empire in Hyderabad, Alan Wilson could not say that my British military presence in South Asia could no longer be preserved, so where would the face of the British Empire go?

After thinking about it, he came up with the argument of the liberal imperialists in London and said, "Now that the Indian people generally have the idea of independence, and protests and riots have occurred one after another, the annual income from British India can no longer offset the expenses of British Indian operations, and London will not make a profit-losing deal." ”

Alan Wilson himself didn't believe it, and although this kind of voice has existed for a long time, if it can continue to dominate South Asia, who will take the noise seriously? While protesting against the reactionary war, the matter of continuing the war is skillful even for the rebel United States.

To pretend that London must respect the will of the people and push back the rhetorical questions of the monarch of Hyderabad does not mean that he, the commissioner of Hyderabad, is not prepared to do nothing before the imminent independence of British India.

Ali Khan has billions of dollars in wealth, as long as he gives him a little bit of this commissioner, it is a figure that ordinary people can't earn in a lifetime, although Alan Wilson has dug up the Golden Temple of India, but who would have too much money?

In addition, Alan Wilson has a reason to make trouble for India in his past life and present life, and the things of his previous life will not be mentioned, and the partition of India and Pakistan must be based on the interests of Hindus in the overall environment, and this cannot be changed.

Because on a larger macro scale, from the Strait of Gibraltar all the way to Indonesia, there is a wide world of peace and religion. Looking at the map of the world, it is clear that post-independence India is an important link in cutting off the ties between the world and the world of peace and religion.

If, on the other hand, independent South Asia emerges as a peaceful religious ruler, the important cornerstone of the pacifistic world will no longer exist, and the small countries of Indochina will not be able to resist the crushing of peaceful religions. So the emergence of India, with a predominantly Hindu population, is a good thing for the current world situation.

Conversely, an independent India could become the leading big brother of the world of peace, which is a bad thing for any major country. You must know that the current outbreak in Europe began with the complete trampling of the peaceful world in the Middle East.

He believed that even the Soviet Union and countries that thought like the Soviet Union wanted India to shoulder the responsibility of cutting off peace religions.