India (Attack Machines)

India is a country that occupies a part of what might have been OTL India. At the time of the Purge, a handful of cells existed, with the most significant one being in the Indus river valley. About 2.000 people lived in February 1946 and was later split into West Indus and East Indus.

Currently India is in a position similar to Florida, as it has been scavenging the coast for signs of life for decades now. The current capital is near Bombay (known locally as Mumbai). Much of India's territory consists of the OTL Indian states and UTs of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharasthra, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Goa. Estimates say that the population is of about over 100.000 people - roughly 1 in every 9 or 10 people live here. There were plans to increase the SoI to the east, but they were halted by the Hardrons. All people in the country are reportedly dead according to the power of the receptacle.

Pre-Kraventhorn
The general Indus area was trapped in the territory of what would become India and Pakistan - though their independence was achieved in August 1947 OTL, in this timeline it never happened. With weeks in advance, the cells in the Indus Valley were build and a couple thousand managed to survive - less than expected likely because of numerous logistical issues.

The Purge
Most of the cells located at the time of the purge were dotted along the coast. The largest of these cells was located at the westernmost tip of India OTL.

Ideological disputes
The 1950s led to the continuation of the partition talks that were discussed in the days before Kraventhorn.

Rebirth of India and British intervention
When sketchy reports about the thriving countries in the former Hyderabad-Rajkot Cell Zone were picked up by Britain, a new overseas expedition began. This time crossing the Suez Canal to reach there, as the African route of 1966 had led to successful surveillance of British African possessions, as well as the Portuguese ones.

In June 1974, ships containing 200 Indian and Pakistani immigrants and their descendants who had lived in London before the purge had returned, giving them orders to redirect to their indicated countries. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the former Bombay cell was claimed by the British under a 10-year lease (similar to Hong Kong). When the lease ended, Bombay simply joined India, allowing it to extend its territorial claims and create a sphere of influence. With that, Hindi and Urdu gained a resurgence in their respective countries.

Demographics
India is dominated by two religions: Sikhism and Hinduism. Sikhism is dominant in some areas due to most of its territory lying within Gujarat. There is also a significant Islamic minority, even though some of these people have moved to Pakistan or Arabia.