But like what Muslims were in SC for atleast 800 years and how many people converted during that time- minority
A substantial minority I would say if you include Muslims of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Still much better than the whole of subcontinent getting converted if you compare to what happened to Persia, North Africa, Spain and Portugal (in the earlier stage) and other places.
So to say in last 200 odd years Hindus would have been converted is a bit odd (majority in SC)
Another 200 years of Muslim rule could certainly have added more converts, I'm sure. Maybe not the whole subcontinent because UP and Bihar who were under Muslim rule for more number of years are still majority Hindu whereas present day Pakistan and Bangladesh is entirely Muslim. Hard to say but certainly more, no doubt about that.
I think mods deleted the thread about why did you convert? (the question itself was a bit trollish) but you'd be surprised in the responses bunch of people were so recent that they could trace it back (which means people were converting even under British, Sikh, Hindu Kingdom times)
Of course, having a Muslim king is not the only reason but it's an important coefficient to the equation eg. Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Personally even I can also trace it back on my family charts as it's written
It was during Sikh time and he was a Hindu- so this whole conversion thing is very nuanced - you can't paint it from just one brush
Interesting. I've heard there was a lot of syncretism between the practice of Hindus and Muslims of your region even after conversions.
I have a feeling that you're a marahati but you should look into jutt/jat/jatt history and why were they converting
As Sikh/Muslims form a big part of that clan
You'll see another angle of discrimination which culminated in Sikhism and Islam through shrines
Agreed, there are multiple reasons for the conversions. As you mentioned, through Sufis is another factor but through conquest as well where Muslim authors themselves talk about conversion of local populace after battles, demolition of temples, etc. Another problem was that Hindus didn't allow reconverts during that time but there are certainly instances of Muslims reconverting to Hinduism. The founders of the Vijaynagar empire, Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya had converted to Islam and then reconverted to Hinduism.
I don't know too much about Jat history, I'll admit. But there are still plenty of Hindu Jats and there was a Hindu Jat dynasty, Raja Surajmal being a prominent one who had considerable influence in North India. Present day Pakistan is also very close to Afghanistan and Central Asia and hence had considerable Muslim influence since all of Central Asia and Afghanistan became Muslim.
According to the man in the video, if we go by his logic, India should have become Muslim long back. So I don't agree with him.
I had seen a video where an elderly Rajput talked how some Rajputs became Muslim but I'm not able to find it. Will share once I find.
But like what Muslims were in SC for atleast 800 years
Muslims ruling the entire SC for 800 years is inaccurate, I would say. There were plenty of Hindu principalities who were either entirely independent or they just gave nominal authority to the Sultanates/Mughals.
