OTL and context
In Indian history,the revolt of 1857 (also known as the Indian Mutiny,The first Indian war of Independence,etc) was a failure and those who commited it met terrible fates.
First of all how did this revolution start?
Well,the East India Company had controlled India for years and had many soldiers from there serving in their army.In fact,when the British fought Indian kings,often it would be Indians fighting alongside the British,seemingly in want of their own kings to submit to colonial rule!
The problem arose when the British got the new Enfield rifles.These soldiers were not Christians like the British,but they were Hindus and Muslims.Hindus were forbidden from eating cows,and Muslims were forbidden from eating pigs.The British,to cut costs,used cow and pig fat to make grease for these rifles.They also revolted as they were made to serve in distant lands,were payed very little,and because of the way the British essentially took over smaller Indian kingdoms.Thus,with the support of some Indian rulers,the soldiers rebelled.
Images(from top to bottom)Indian rulers Bahadur Shah Zafar of Delhi,Nana Saheb of Bithur,Begum Hazrat Mahal of Awadh,and Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi,all of whom played a prominent role in the revolt.
ATL and consequences
In this timeline,the revolt succeede,thanks to help from the large kingdoms who did not help them in OTL(such as Nepal and Travancore) and Bahadur Shah was crowned Amir of Hindustan(OTL Pakistan),and Shahenshah-i-Lahore.The other rulers too were made to rule over territories of theirs,while some sepoys set up republics known as 'Sipaahi Ganas'. The large kingdoms/empires would likely westernize and unify their regions,European-style,while the small ones would end up being annexed by the larger ones.Bombay,Madras,and Calcutta might have still had western influence because they were colonized pre-1857 but by large the region will not have English influence.
What would the reaction of the world be?What would the consequences of this be?Welcome to...Hamaara 1857!
What has happened
It is 1867,ten years after the conflict.Let us rewind back to when the conflict had only just ended.
1858
Bahadur Shah Zafar,aged 83,dies of Malaria in his palace in Lahore
Birjis Qadr is crowned Nawab of Awadh
Nana Saheb unifies the Maratha kingdoms,with him as Chhatrapati and Tantya Tope as Peshwa
1859
52 year-old Mirza Mughal crowned as new Shahenshah-i-Hindustan and Shah Alam.
Punjab unified by the Maharaja Of Patiala
Punjab conquers the Aravallis and Delhi to the southeast and the Sivalik region to the northeast
The Kashmir Wars. Ladakh and Kashmir gain their independence from the Dogras
Ali Asaf Farhad declares Sindh an independent caliphate
1861
Gujarat unified by the Jadeja-Gaekwad dynasty.Sindh is made a Gujarati vassal.
Travancore and Kochi unify as Travancore-Kochi
Garwhali independence leader Shiva Megar begins the Garwhali War of Independence against Punjab
Raja Chennappa Chakravarthy is given the Tamil region as a gift from the Nizam of Hyderabad
The former monarchy of Kandy in Sri Lanka is restored in the Kandyan restoration and the Kingdom of Sinhala is set up.
1865
Garwhal is made an independent kingdom
Gujarat vassalise Socotra,and begins an ongoing war with Sindh.
1866
The king of Sinhala declares a war on the Tamil Raja for making inroads into his kingdom.