Would Royal Indian battlecruisers receive English or Indian names?
Short answerA mixture is expected, with imperial names, Hindustan, and major rivers among the suggestions.
NotesThe suggested names mix imperial and Indian associations, including Emperor of India and Hindustan. River names such as Indus and Ganges are offered as potentially less divisive choices. Clarke cautions against transferring the communal politics of the 1920s to 1940s unchanged into the earlier period of the scenario. He explicitly acknowledges existing conflict while arguing that later politicians intensified it to develop power bases. Other proposed names are judged against what a British admiral or the Indian governing council would have accepted at that time.