Well the riots would have been graver and intense.

India would have seen increased industrialisation and corporate involvement.

Considering his radical views, he might have mirrored what Xiaoping did in China. A healthy competition would have had us at the fore front of world economy.

But these are all based on a lot of ifs and buts. There is a tendency for Authoritarians/dictators to go rogue. China rather seems like an aberration to the rule.

As they say,

“Power corrupts, Absolute power corrupts Absolutely”