With the Japanese alliance firmly in place, the final months leading up to India's independence in August 1930 were a flurry of silent, strategic preparations. Bharat Corporation, now a multifaceted leviathan, subtly shifted its focus towards dual-use technologies. The aircraft manufacturing division, while still producing civilian planes, quietly began developing prototypes for military trainers and reconnaissance aircraft based on Japanese designs. The new metallurgical plants, initially focused on automotive parts, experimented with high-tensile steel for armor plating.
Adav's network of Ghadar agents, now fully integrated into the nascent Indian defense and intelligence services, expanded their focus. They began cataloging British military assets still in India, mapping their withdrawal plans, and identifying key infrastructure that would need to be immediately secured and operationalized upon independence. Recruitment for the future Indian Armed Forces intensified, with a strong emphasis on technical skills and loyalty to the Swarajya Party's vision. Many of the young men and women trained in Japan were secretly assigned to lead these emerging units.
The British, in their final phase of withdrawal, were more concerned with orderly transition than with investigating the depth of India's burgeoning military-industrial complex. They saw an India inheriting a rudimentary colonial army and navy, not one quietly building a modern, technologically advanced defense force. Adav maintained his low profile, his face rarely appearing in public, his name seldom mentioned beyond the highest echelons of the Swarajya Party. He was the architect of shadows, meticulously ensuring that when the sun finally rose on an independent India, it would be armed, prepared, and ready for the challenges of a volatile world.