WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Islam is India’s second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country’s population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in 2011 Census. India is also the country with the third-largest number of Muslims in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hindus make up 79.8% of India’s population and Muslims account for 14.2%; Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains account for most of the remaining 6%.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hindu belief is totally non-exclusive and accepts all other faiths and religious paths. In fact, an ancient Vedic text says that God or Truth is one and wise people refer to it by very many names.

Detailed explanation-4: -At first, Muslims killed many Hindus. In time, however, Muslims became more tolerant of Hindus. Many Hindus converted to Islam and Muslims adopted elements of Hindu culture.