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Chapter 37 - Chapter 37: From Textiles to Heavy Industry

With the Treaty of Delhi signed and the blueprints for the new Constitution drafted, Adav's gaze turned from mere infrastructure to the very engines of a modern economy: heavy industry. The profits from Bharat Corporation's war contracts, meticulously managed and held in reserve, were now unleashed with surgical precision.

He initiated the audacious pivot from the family's traditional textile and dye business – which still hummed efficiently under the Bharat Corporation umbrella – towards a future built on steel, chemicals, and mechanical power. Leveraging the wealth of German and Japanese patents acquired during the war years, along with the knowledge brought back by his "knowledge spies" from European and American universities, Adav established India's first truly indigenous automobile factories.

These weren't assembly plants for foreign designs. Under the "Bharat Motors" brand, engineers, guided by Adav's high-level schematics from the Codex's [Technological Blueprint] module, began designing and manufacturing robust, durable vehicles specifically suited for Indian roads and conditions. Production started with utility vehicles – trucks and buses – vital for transport across the vast subcontinent. Simultaneously, Bharat Corporation expanded its advanced chemical plants, moving beyond basic fertilizers to produce pharmaceuticals, dyes of unparalleled quality, and specialized industrial chemicals, creating entirely new markets within India and reducing reliance on imports.

Adav understood that true industrial strength lay not just in production, but in mastery of the underlying science. He invested heavily in research and development, establishing dedicated laboratories within Bharat Corporation's new industrial complexes. The aim was clear: to leapfrog decades of Western development and secure India's position as a technological innovator.

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