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  2. Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Muslim rule in India saw a major shift in the cultural, linguistic, and religious makeup of the subcontinent. [8] Persian and Arabic vocabulary began to enter local languages, giving way to modern Punjabi, Bengali, and Gujarati, while creating new languages including Hindustani and its dialect, Deccani , used as official languages under Muslim ...

  3. Islam in India - Wikipedia

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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 Islam in a 2011 census. [8] India also has the third-largest number of Muslims in the world. [9] [10] The majority of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shia making up around 15% of the Muslim ...

  4. Islam in South Asia - Wikipedia

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    Islam. Islam is the second-largest religion in South Asia, with more than 650 million Muslims living there, forming about one-third of the region's population. Islam first spread along the coastal regions of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, almost as soon as it started in the Arabian Peninsula, as the Arab traders brought it to South Asia.

  5. Lakshadweep - Wikipedia

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    Lakshadweep (Malayalam: [lɐkʂɐd̪βʷiːbɨ̆]) is a union territory of India.It is an archipelago of 36 islands [b] divided into three island subgroups: the Laccadive Islands in the middle with the Amindivi Islands in the north separated roughly by the 11th parallel north and the atoll of Minicoy to the south separated by the Nine Degree Channel along the 9th parallel north.

  6. Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    e. Shia Islam was brought to the Indian subcontinent during the final years of the Rashidun Caliphate. The Indian subcontinent also served as a refuge for some Shias escaping persecution from Umayyads, Abbasids, Ayyubids, and Ottomans. The immigration continued throughout the second millennium until the formation of modern nation states.

  7. Category:Islam in India by state or union territory - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  8. Islam in Uttar Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. States and union territories of India - Wikipedia

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    States and unionterritories of Indiaordered by. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government.