National Republic of India

**The National Republic of India** , otherwise known as Nationalist India or the Government Forces, is a country in Asia. They are currently engaged in a Civil War with the Northern Indian Alliance. They border the People's Republic of Qinghai and the Xikang Clique to the North, and Burma to the East

The NRI is led by Amarinder Singh, a fascist dictator who has been leading the country since 1968 when India gained Independence during the Last Great War. Singh enacted several harsh Laws which pushed the democratic coalition led by Rahul Gandhi's Northern Party to secession in January 1999. The NRI is on the backfoot of the war due to Australian Weapons being supplied to the NIA and overall popularity of the NIA.

## History

### Pre-Independence

The Northern Alliance's History can be traced as early to 1942 with the establishment of the Free Atlantic States and the Independent Indian State which was in reality an Atlantean Puppet Government. India was previously a British Colonial Holding and was set to be granted independence after the loss in the War of Liberation, however it was decided it was too valuable of a territory to lose and instead was established as a puppet state. This angered the Indian People.

Their anger was furthered when throughout the FAS rule, India would be wrecked by two Major Wars and an overall poor management. Famine was common and the IIS was neglected. In the 1950s, India would see some of the fiercest fighting during the War of the Pacific where Burma and the Kashmir Region were heavily contested and invaded by the Union Forces. Not even 10 Years later, a second great war would break out on Indian Soil. The Last Great War would again be fought heavily on Indian Land and many Atlantean Invasions were conducted from India.

As the Free Atlantic States transitioned into the Atlantic Imperium, the Indian people were set to not be held as a puppet state by another power so at the end of the war the people launched nationwide protests and strikes which were eventually answered and the Indian People were set to be free. 1968 is considered to be the year of Indian Independence and also the year the Dictatorship Began. Captain Singh, a leading Military Officer and attaché to the Atlantean Army was chosen to lead the National Party of India and oversee the election process. However, Singh rigged the elections so he would win and within a few years, he had banned opposition and established a Dictatorship.

### Beginning of the Dictatorship

After Singh had successfully neutralised opposition, he began his path to turn India into a dictatorship. He established the Indian National Security Agency, INSA. He brutally imprisoned civilians who showed signs of decadence and this created the Northern Party. For over 17 years, Singh terrorised the nation and forced a economic recovery onto the nation in a 'all or nothing' approach. Singh ordered purges within all walks of life and by 1975, India was fully a police state.

### Signs of Rebellion

In 1987, Rahul Gandhi took over control of the Northern Party. Prior to this, the NP was subdued by constant raids by INSA and assassinations of leaders. Gandhi claimed that he represented the new Indian Generation and that they must fight back. They began mobilising and commenced violent protests and Delhi would be gripped with violence for a week in March 1989, the NRI Army responded and began a brutal crackdown and mass assault on the protesters. The Delhi protests would be seen by the world and many countries condemned the NRI response, The Republic of Australia began supporting the Northern Party financially and Singh declared Australia an enemy of India.

In 1990, Singh began military trials in preparation for war with the PRQ and throughout the 90s, The NRI and the PRQ had countless border wars in Kashmir, an area with high Northern Party support. The Northern Party would harass the Indian Army who were in the region and clashes broke out. The Kashmir Rebellion of June 1995 saw over a thousand Northern Party Fighters defeat an Indian Army Garrison and capture a fort, arming thousands of NP fighters.

In 1997, Singh enacted the Anti-Gurkha Laws which stripped the people of Nepal of rights and forced them into slave labour. Hundreds of thousands of Nepali people fled to the Northern Party territories. The Gurkha's pledged support for the NP but were not recognised as a military unit by Gandhi.

### Conscription Decree and Civil War

Due to the heightened tensions with the PRQ, and also the increasing frequency of Northern Party raids and resistance, Singh announced the Governmental Conscription Decree which forced young men aged 18+ to serve a year in the Indian Army in preparation for a war with the PRQ. This was also including Northern Party Rebels and it didn't take long for them to work out that the conscription would force them to fight their own allies. Singh also launched an Anti-Communist Purge which pushed the Indian Communists to allign with the NIA. In January 1999, the Northern Party declared war on the NRI in order to restore democracy to India. Gandhi announced that the Northern Indian Alliance would form.

The Republic of Australia began supplying the NIA with all types of weaponry which caused a capture of Delhi in November 1999 which put the Government Forces on the defensive from there onwards. Initially, the NRI had an advantage due to superior equipment numbers but as Australian Equipment came flooding in and the capture of the Karachi Port early on increased this, the tides turned.