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why NW India is still hindu Majority after 800(AM) years of muslim rule ?

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If Ottomans get a fair chance is India you wont lol :D
 
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according to this map,
Muslim_percent_1909.jpg

Pakistani Punjab and Sindh was over 75% Muslim and Bengal was also 50%+ Muslim but why NW Parts of India who are Neighbours of Muslim majority Punjab and Sindh and were under Strong Muslim Rule from Arabs (Gujarat to Western MP) to Mughals for Almost 500 to 800 years undermuslim rule still retained Hindu Majority ?

West Punjab - 75% Muslim
Sindh - 75% Muslim
Kashmin- 75% Muslim

but...

Jammu - 55% Muslim
East Punjab - 55% Muslim
West UP (heartland of Afghans,Iranians and Mughals) - 55% Muslim
Rajasthan - 10% to 20%
Saurastra (west Gujarat) (jinnah's Native State) - 20% to 50% Muslim

so my question is why NW India is still hindu Majority after 800(AM) years of muslim rule ?
Because of Bhakti movement, plane & simple.
 
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Completely ignoring conversion due to sufi saints arent we?

Not ignoring, but the numbers can be counted on fingers. an in case of sikhism, you must understand Sikhism always took the best of both religion (hindus and islam) and ignored the ill practices of both, there were no restrictions or intolerance in Sikhism, thus people had the liberty to follow whatever hey would, infact In Sikhism we have stories in praise of great personalities who were Muslims and are part of our great history. The right hand man of our Guru was a muslim himself. So the conversion did happen but question remains was that the way of life for muslims in islam ? they were ignored then and they are rejected even today by mainstreaam Islam. The demand of Muslim rulers from our gurus to convert to Islam was rejected by ou gurus and they fught back... that created a bloody history which continued till the last influential Muslim opressor Aurangzeb. Thee more they fought, worse the image was created of Islam in India, atleast among sikhs.
 
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At Partition , Many people swapped places .

Hindus in Present Pak area moved to India and Muslims living in this area of India moved to Pak
( 1 of the reasons )
I dont get it why people wanted to be hindus, they them self seperated by caste, the higher caste act like the lower caste no more like sub human, they worship demon and animals, that's why they act like domon and animals them self (killing lesser caste out of nothing, rape has become like custom in india)
 
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according to this map,
Muslim_percent_1909.jpg

Pakistani Punjab and Sindh was over 75% Muslim and Bengal was also 50%+ Muslim but why NW Parts of India who are Neighbours of Muslim majority Punjab and Sindh and were under Strong Muslim Rule from Arabs (Gujarat to Western MP) to Mughals for Almost 500 to 800 years undermuslim rule still retained Hindu Majority ?

West Punjab - 75% Muslim
Sindh - 75% Muslim
Kashmin- 75% Muslim

but...

Jammu - 55% Muslim
East Punjab - 55% Muslim
West UP (heartland of Afghans,Iranians and Mughals) - 55% Muslim
Rajasthan - 10% to 20%
Saurastra (west Gujarat) (jinnah's Native State) - 20% to 50% Muslim

so my question is why NW India is still hindu Majority after 800(AM) years of muslim rule ?

An interesting question.

Proximity played a major role. The regions in the NW of the map were close to Muslim predominant regions of Afghanistan & Iran hence the majority. Once the Mughal rule faded away in late 1700's the reassertion of locals who had till them been suppressed & resented Muslim rule began. Actions by Marathas in 1800's punctured the balloon of invincibility of the Muslims to locals leading to greater re assertion of the religion of the land.

Muslims who had shifted inland from the west and those who had converted remained in the land they occupied , they are shown in the lighter shades of green. Hindus / Sikhs began to gain predominance once again.

By 1900 when this map was made the British had taken control completely , they relied on Princely states to exercise control over large areas & directly governed the rest. In both cases forceful conversion did not take place anymore.

This was a period when communication &infrastructure was not well developed hence migration of people for commercial reasons had not begun. The original demographic pattern by & large remained.

Next, it is worth remembering that Mughals even at their height of power relied upon local Hindu kings who secured their kingdoms through allegiance to the seat of Agra / Delhi. In so doing they retained their personal Hindu identity & protected the religion of those whom they ruled..

In the Punjab , the beginning of 1800 saw huge Sikh resurgence . The boot soon shifted to the other foot and remained that way for the next 50 years or so. Muslims never got to rule that region again.

These and more facts could help in answering the question posed in the title.


I dont get it why people wanted to be hindus, they them self seperated by caste, the higher caste act like the lower caste no more like sub human, they worship demon and animals, that's why they act like domon and animals them self (killing lesser caste out of nothing, rape has become like custom in india)

Was this necessary ? How is it connected to the topic ?

Its not like that Muslims are all one happy family. Shia & Sunnis have never got along. The Ahmediyas, Bohras & so many other sub sects are struggling to be even accepted as Muslims .

We all have issues so lets not interject for the sake of posting something .
 
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