Chapter 11 Junagadh

Of course, these words were not spoken to the assistants in front of him, but Alan Wilson let these assistants understand how to make choices from the perspective of their own interests, "You have to understand that once British India becomes independent, it will become the mainstream in London." .What is the question we should consider immediately? There are 100,000 civil servants and their families in British India now, and they will directly become Indians in the future?"

Seeing these assistants shaking their heads, obviously not interested in becoming Indians, Alan Wilson changed the subject, "Then we have to consider another question, are there so many jobs in China for those of us who return to China? Can we still stay in the civil service?"

At this point, the meaning is already very clear. Including Alan Wilson, the Hyderabad commissioner, civil servants in the entire British India are now at risk of unemployment. For the future life, it is not enough to fight for their own interests as much as possible You must know that what they are facing now is the richest man in the world.

This time the unification of thinking was very successful, and there was no need to imagine the future of unemployment. Outside the British residential area, there were many people in rags and doing nothing in the city of Hyderabad, begging with numb eyes. Imagine these hungry people as themselves, it may be the scene of British India's independence and their return to the British mainland.

After I figured this out, when discussing issues later, these assistants were obviously much smarter. It seemed that they had grown up in one day and became really like civil servants. The student temperament that walked out of the campus had disappeared.

Alan Wilson thought it was not difficult to obtain armaments. At this time in 1945, more than five million troops were fighting under the command of the United Kingdom. The key node is also huge in the army. Taking tanks as an example, 26,000 vehicles including infantry tanks and cruiser tanks have been produced, and this does not include the number of heavy tanks behind.

It is not a problem at all to arm an Indian state. The only problem is whether anyone will do it seriously.

During the first month in Hyderabad, Alan Wilson was familiar with his work, thinking about how to benefit from Ali Khan, the richest man in the world, and play his role in the independence of British India. Indian independence does not seem to have a standard answer.

But he also knew that in the independence process of British India, it was impossible for him to exert influence only as the commissioner of Hyderabad. In the two years before independence, Allen still had a lot to do.

Regarding the independence of British India, Alan Wilson certainly has his own ideas. After independence, India cannot be too weak, otherwise it will not be able to check and balance the world, but India will not be peaceful if it is too strong.

And after India's independence, how will it view the period of being colonized by Britain? There is no doubt that India will definitely consider it a national humiliation. The jokes about the British plundering of 5 trillion US dollars, which are flooded on the Internet in later generations, can represent the thoughts of Indians.

As long as there is no neighbor in the north who pulls hatred, Britain is generally the target of being cursed by Indians.

While establishing a personal friendship with the monarch of Hyderabad, Alan is also making contact with other states. As the most powerful state in South Asia today, the state of Hyderabad plays an important role among the more than 500 states in India. The role of a weathervane. It can be said that many states are followers of the Hyderabad state.

"I talked to John that Junagadh and Hyderabad are in the same environment. The two states share a common destiny. If the two states can establish close ties, whether it is Ali Jinnah or Neh Lu, especially the latter should be calmer." The John mentioned by Allen Wilson is the commissioner of the Junagadh State.

Junagadh, Hyderabad, and the well-known Kashmir are currently the top three independent kingdoms in South Asia, of which 50,000 square kilometers of Junagadh,

It has a unique advantage, because this state is next to Mumbai, India's largest deep-water harbor.

Mumbai undertakes more than half of the sea freight in South Asia, and it is still the base camp of Bollywood in later generations. In fact, the Junagadh state is the best among the three major states, but it was also the first to collapse. Like Ali Khan, the monarch of the Junagadh state is a peace believer, and the residents of the state are mainly Hindus.

Junagadh and Hyderabad are grasshoppers on the same rope, neither can escape! Once they are defeated by Nehru, it means that more than 500 states will be included in New Delhi.

"We are far away from the two states. His condition is much better, and he is very close to the northwest." Ali Khan frowned and evaluated in an objective tone. Pakistan after independence is really close. But the time of destruction was earlier than that of Hyderabad, and it didn't even have a decent resistance. It was not as good as Hyderabad, which had fought a bloody battle.

Of course, Allen didn't say it. Because of the disadvantage in numbers, the Peace Christians didn't want to fight the Hindus when they first became independent. Later, India went too far. In the states of Junagadh and Hyderabad, Nehru said that he respected public opinion and most Hindus hoped to join India.

But when he arrived in Kashmir, Nehru changed his rhetoric again, saying that the monarch of Kashmir is a Hindu and hopes to join India, and I want all of them properly, which angered Ali Jinnah and triggered the first India-Pakistan war.

Can the India-Pakistan war be avoided? Alan Wilson knew that this was impossible, because the hometown of the Nehru family was in Kashmir. The Nehru family was a famous scholar during the Mughal Empire, and they entered the Mughal Empire only because of the conscription of the Mughal emperor. The child empire expands its influence.

Kashmir is of great significance to the Nehru family. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the land of dragon prosperity. Nehru will never give up his hometown to Pakistan.

Hearing that Ali Khan had mixed feelings about the state of Junagadh, Alan Wilson had to take the initiative to encourage him, "With the current momentum of the Congress Party, it is a common situation for many monarchs of the state. Zhu The monarch of the Nagard state is the same as you, and the Junagadh state is very close to Mumbai, and has the objective conditions to block the port, which can be used.”

Alan Wilson quite brought in the role of the dog-headed military adviser, and he did his best for Ali Khan. Although he knows that it is almost impossible to prevent Nehru from unifying India with the power of the major states, but what if there is a surprise?