chapter 19 the portuguese

Having just returned from New Delhi, the Commissioner gave great comfort to the monarch of Hyderabad, Ali Khan said with a sigh of relief, “These Congress supporters are going too far, without further ado, what is the news from New Delhi now.”

“Counter-attack on Burma and launch of the Battle of Mandalay.” Alan Wilson replied succinctly, “Restore peace to Burma with the cooperation of the Allies, which certainly cannot be left in the hands of others.”

It wasn’t that he was deliberately downplaying the role of the other Allied forces; the main force in recovering Burma was the British. Even if the Americans pulled their punches it couldn’t change the contrast in strength, it was originally the British Expeditionary Force that had annihilated the main force of the Japanese army in Burma.

“Oh, by the way, I met the commissioner of Junagadh Tupa and have already talked with the other side to find a time to talk in private about the future of the whole of India.” Alan Wilson put the war in Burma in one stroke, and did not have to go to the front line himself to fight for his life, he now has more important things to do, such as the Union of the Turkish State.

Ali Khan’s eyes lit up, this was also the thing he was most concerned about at the moment, especially after this time when the supporters of the Congress Party made trouble, and he couldn’t help but thank him, “Although Commissioner Allen is young, he always shows sincerity in what he does. I would like to give you a small gift.”

Ali Khan quickly returned to his room, and then cupped an antique ring with rubies in his hand. British India held the title of the crown jewel of the British Empire, which was actually literal.

India itself was known for producing gemstones, and before the discovery of diamonds in South Africa and Brazil, it was India where the world’s gemstones were produced and processed during the agricultural era.

“How’s this?” Alan Wilson seemed to be embarrassed to excuse himself, but his hand was not slow to directly take Ali Khan’s ruby ring and marveled, “I see the ancient history and splendid culture from it.”

Like Sir Barron, he, the Hyderabad Commissioner, had become a renowned connoisseur, and falsely said, “In fact, from the point of view of friendship, I shouldn’t accept such an expensive gift.”

“It’s just a souvenir, and has no value.” Ali Khan’s flat tone reminded the other party that he could have once been the richest man in the world, it just wasn’t easy to tell from the outside.

“Since it’s a souvenir, I’m not polite.” Alan Wilson accepted it grandly, narrowing his eyes, “I’m in contact with John, it’s best to facilitate communication with Junagadh Tupang in the near future.”

“That would naturally be best.” Ali Khan nodded indifferently, this was much more important than a ruby ring.

The fact that all the five hundred or so earth states can be played with, this is something that Alan Wilson did not think about, but the alliance of several large earth states can be tried, and returning to the commissioner’s apartment, he asked Andy to contact John, the commissioner of the Junagadh earth state. As well as inviting the representatives of the Mysore and Travancore native states.

Thus on leaving Ali Khan’s palace, he, the Hyderabad Commissioner, was given another Bengal tiger skin, and Ali Khan’s treasurer said that the Deccan plateau was no warmer than New Delhi, and that he should take care to keep warm.

This Alan Wilson did not find, he just came when it is indeed quite cold, but now has almost entered the dry season, of course, he still smiled and smiled to accept the Ali Khan’s gift, people sincerely help the commissioner to solve the problem of life, he can not refuse people outside the country, right? This is related to the British Empire and Hyderabad’s rapprochement, can not be hasty.

Back to the commissioner’s apartment, Allen Wilson prepared food while instructing his assistants on their tasks, out of distrust of Indian sanitary conditions, after coming to India he developed the habit of cooking for himself.

Britain itself was world famous for its dark cuisine, and these aides who had followed him soon realized that they had an opportunity for extra benefits, and raved about the food prepared by the commissioner.

Alan Wilson, who had a tradition of eating tightly at the front and eating tightly at the back, even brought out the whisky he had brought back from New Delhi as a garnish for the dinner, which left the aides unable to say anything.

Originally, according to the provisions of the British domestic law, like Allen Wilson regardless of day and night, think up anything to let the aides busy superiors, is certainly not welcome, only other aspects of the convenience of the diluted this kind of dissatisfaction.

“We contacted these larger native states, almost all of them in South India.” Alisa reached up and ruffled the ends of her hair, confused, “Even with ten of us traveling, we can get things done.”

“The North Indian states of the soil are weak, surrounded by the provinces of British India, and of very limited use.” Alan Wilson took out his handkerchiefs and set one in front of each of the five female assistants, placing the last one in front of Alisa and softly instructing, “There is in fact one more guest that you would like to invite.”

“Commissioner, what about all of us?” Andy pointed to himself, looking around, how come the male assistants are considered people?

“I’m a macho man, think that men are not to be taken care of, they should have the ability to get their own things done.” Alan Wilson did not have the good taste to reply a sentence, immediately turned back to the main topic, “Whoever of you has time recently, go to Portuguese Goa a trip, say that this is a private party, we do not expect to be able to talk about what, is an ordinary socialization.”

In fact, turning to the 1945 map of South Asia, in the entire subcontinent, in addition to British India, there also existed French India and Portuguese India, French India being a few urban strongholds. Most of the colonies in Portuguese India were also in the nature of strongholds, but Goa could be considered in the category of a colony.

In the process of colonial independence, Britain and France had different strategies, France was far more difficult to deal with than Britain, to the colonial independence movement to take a repressive stance, but the intensity is also different. It was also reluctant to expend too much energy on the Asian colonies, and in Vietnam it knew that it was not going to be possible to do anything about it.

It was mainly with French Africa that a great deal of effort was invested, especially in North Africa where there was no compromise. So French India, after India declared independence, France declared the cities belonging to the strongholds as undefended and handed over to Nehru.

In Allen Wilson’s eyes, France and Britain were both assholes, and both needed to make focused considerations and trade-offs in the face of vast colonies. So here in the subcontinent, the French could not be counted on.

If you take the initiative to show goodwill to France, with the British Empire’s long tradition of pitting teammates, the French will most likely not fall for it.

But the Portuguese are different, when Goa fell into the hands of the Portuguese, British India does not exist yet. After India’s formal independence, it demanded that the sovereignty of Portuguese India be transferred to India, but even though the International Court of Justice and the United Nations General Assembly had ruled in India’s favor on the matter, Portugal did not accede to the request.