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Islam in India. 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.
India is home to 10.9% of the world's Muslim population. [ 93][ 97] According to Pew Research Center, there can be 213 million Muslims in 2020, India's 15% population. [ 98][ 99] Indian Muslim have a fertility rate of 2.36, the highest in the nation as per as according to year 2019-21 estimation. [ 100]
Map of the central Ladakh region. Ladakh is the highest plateau in India with most of it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft). [20] It extends from the Himalayan to the Kunlun [68] Ranges and includes the upper Indus River valley. The confluence of the Indus (flowing left-to-right) and Zanskar (coming in from top) rivers.
The Bahmani Sultanate ( Persian: سلطاننشین بهمنی) was a late medieval empire that ruled the Deccan Plateau in India. The first independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan, [ 7] the Bahmani Sultanate came to power in 1347 during the rebellion of Ismail Mukh against Muhammad bin Tughlaq, the Sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi.
The 46 cities with populations of 1 million and above are known as Million Plus UA s or Cities. The 3 UAs with populations of 10 million and above are known as Mega Cities (The census defines the three as Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million) and Kolkata UA (14.1 million).[ 1]) The cities listed in bold are the capitals of ...
Ayodhya is an important place of pilgrimage for the Hindus. A verse in the Brahmanda Purana names Ayodhya among "the most sacred and foremost cities", the others being Mathura, Haridvara, Kashi, Kanchi and Avantika. This verse is also found in the other Puranas with slight variations. [ 20 ]
Banda district, Uttar Pradesh with Banda District, Republic of the Congo and Banda District, Ghana. Mansa district, Punjab, with Mansa District, Zambia. Salem district, Tamil Nadu with Salem, Massachusetts, United States and Salem, Oregon, United States. Indore district, Madhya Pradesh with Indore, West Virginia.
Jammu and Kashmir is the only administrative unit in India with a large amount of borax and sapphire resources. [81] It possesses 36 per cent of the graphite, 21 per cent marble and 14 per cent of gypsum present in India. [81] Coal, limestone and magnesite are found scattered among the different districts of the union territory. [81]