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Islam is India's second-largest religion,[7]with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islamin a 2011 census.[8] Indiaalso has the third-largestnumber of Muslimsin the world. [9][10]The majority of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shiamaking up around 15% of the Muslim population. [11]
The cartography of India begins with early charts for navigation [1] and constructional plans for buildings. [2] Indian traditions influenced Tibetan [3] and Islamic traditions, [4] and in turn, were influenced by the British cartographers who solidified modern concepts into India's map making. [5]
Islam in Uttar Pradesh is the second largest religion in the state with 38,483,967 adherents in 2011, forming 19 .26% of the total population. Muslims of Uttar Pradesh have also been referred to as Hindustani Musalman ( Urdu: ہندوستانی مسلمان ). [1] They do not form a unified ethnic community, but are differentiated by sectarian and Baradari divisions, as well as by language and ...
Pages in category "Islam in India by state or union territory" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent is conventionally said to have started in 712, after the conquest of Sindh and Multan by the Umayyad Caliphate under the military command of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. [1] It began in the Indian subcontinent in the course of a gradual conquest. The perfunctory rule by the Ghaznavids in Punjab was followed by Ghurids, and Sultan Muhammad of Ghor (r. 1173 ...
Kashmir ( / ˈkæʃˌmɪər /; Kashmiri: Kạšīr, Kashmiri pronunciation: [kəˈʃiːr]) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
Uttarakhand ( English: / ˈʊtərɑːkʌnd /, [19] / ˌʊtərəˈkʌnd / [20] or / ˌʊtəˈrækənd /; [21] Hindi: [ˈʊtːərɑːkʰəɳɖ], lit.'Northern Land' ), formerly known as Uttaranchal ( English: / ˌʊtəˈræntʃʌl /; the official name until 2007 ), [22] is a state in northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the northwest, Tibet to the north, Nepal to the east ...
Mappila Muslim, generally in recent times, is a member of the Muslim community of same name found predominantly in Kerala and Lakshadweep Islands in Southern India, and historically used to identify Muslims from Northern Kerala [a]. [2] [9] Muslims of Kerala make up 26.56% of the population of the state (2011), and as a religious group they are ...