India
Background:
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, goes back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkish in 12th were followed by European traders beginning in the late 15th century. By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control of virtually all Indian lands. Nonviolent resistance to British colonialism under Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru led to independence in 1947. The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan. A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. Fundamental concerns in India include the ongoing dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, massive overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife, all this despite impressive gains in economic investment and output. Recently, with suicide bombings in Bombay and Calcutta pointing to the Burmese funded Islamic Wave, Indian soldiers have gone in and siezed Burma to hopefully stop the violence.
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Ruler: President Abdul Kalam
Capital: New Delhi
Population: 1,088,083,450 (July 2003 est.)
Land Area: 3,966,090 sq km
Border Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Thailand, China
General Game Info
Treasury: 0c
Income:7c
At War:
Nuclear Capabilities: Yes
Alliances:
Treaty of Calcutta-
India and Japan
Euroasianafrican Axis-
India, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Australia, South Africa
Armed Forces
Unique Unit:
Fast Stealth Bomber Squadron(13 credits)
Can only be hit by air units. Excellent against ground targets, good against sea and air targets. Also good in defending. Includes support units. Can carry 2 tactical nukes, and travel 2 spaces landing back in the staring space.
Army
India: 2 infantry (enroute to Nepal)
Burma: 1 mech infantry
Navy
Air Force
Economy:
India: 5c
Burma: 2c
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Turns
July, 2003- Turn 1
5c to spend
-- build 1 Mechanized Infantry in India
-- invade Burma with 1 mech infantry from India
August, 2003- Turn 2
7c to spend
-- build 2 infantry
-- bank 1c
-- invade Nepal with 2 infantry in India
September, 2003- Turn 3
8c to spend
-- build 1 mech infantry in India
-- bank remaining 2c
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Wars
July, 2003- Turn 1
Burma was able to hold its ground for a little while against the invading Indians. However as soon as the mechanised infantaries greater mobility came into play Burma was done for.
Losses: mech infantary at 1/2 strength
Garrison 1 for 4 turns- 2/4 completed
Background:
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, goes back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkish in 12th were followed by European traders beginning in the late 15th century. By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control of virtually all Indian lands. Nonviolent resistance to British colonialism under Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru led to independence in 1947. The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan. A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. Fundamental concerns in India include the ongoing dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, massive overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife, all this despite impressive gains in economic investment and output. Recently, with suicide bombings in Bombay and Calcutta pointing to the Burmese funded Islamic Wave, Indian soldiers have gone in and siezed Burma to hopefully stop the violence.
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Ruler: President Abdul Kalam
Capital: New Delhi
Population: 1,088,083,450 (July 2003 est.)
Land Area: 3,966,090 sq km
Border Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Thailand, China
General Game Info
Treasury: 0c
Income:7c
At War:
Nuclear Capabilities: Yes
Alliances:
Treaty of Calcutta-
India and Japan
Euroasianafrican Axis-
India, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Australia, South Africa
Armed Forces
Unique Unit:
Fast Stealth Bomber Squadron(13 credits)
Can only be hit by air units. Excellent against ground targets, good against sea and air targets. Also good in defending. Includes support units. Can carry 2 tactical nukes, and travel 2 spaces landing back in the staring space.
Army
India: 2 infantry (enroute to Nepal)
Burma: 1 mech infantry
Navy
Air Force
Economy:
India: 5c
Burma: 2c
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Turns
July, 2003- Turn 1
5c to spend
-- build 1 Mechanized Infantry in India
-- invade Burma with 1 mech infantry from India
August, 2003- Turn 2
7c to spend
-- build 2 infantry
-- bank 1c
-- invade Nepal with 2 infantry in India
September, 2003- Turn 3
8c to spend
-- build 1 mech infantry in India
-- bank remaining 2c
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Wars
July, 2003- Turn 1
Burma was able to hold its ground for a little while against the invading Indians. However as soon as the mechanised infantaries greater mobility came into play Burma was done for.
Losses: mech infantary at 1/2 strength
Garrison 1 for 4 turns- 2/4 completed
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