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write an.essay.onreligious.minoritirs.in.india
































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Answer 1

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India is a great country where people speak different languages but the national language is Hindi. India is full of different castes, creeds, religion, and cultures but they live together. That’s the reasons India is famous for the common saying of “unity in diversity“. India is the seventh-largest country in the whole world.

India has the second-largest population in the world. India is also knowns as Bharat, Hindustan and sometimes Aryavart. It is surrounded by oceans from three sides which are Bay Of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west and Indian oceans in the south. Tiger is the national animal of India. Peacock is the national bird of India. Mango is the national fruit of India. “Jana Gana Mana” is the national anthem of India. “Vande Mataram” is the national song of India. Hockey is the national sport of India. People of different religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity and Judaism lives together from ancient times. India is also rich in monuments, tombs, churches, historical buildings, temples, museums, scenic beauty, wildlife sanctuaries, places of architecture and many more. The great leaders and freedom fighters are from India.

Answer 2

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The National Commission of Minorities Act, 1992 notifies five religious communities as minorities: Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Zoroastrians.

As per Census 2001 figures, 18.4 per cent of our population belongs to minority communities. Muslims constitute 13.4 per cent, Christians 2.3 per cent, Sikhs 1.9 per cent, Buddhists 0.8 per cent and Parsis 0.07 per cent of the country’s total population. In absolute numbers, Muslims (nearly 140 million) account for 72.8 per cent of the total minority population of 189.5 million.

Muslims are in majority in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep and in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The proportion of Muslims to total population is above the national percentage of 13.4 per cent in Assam (30.9 per cent), West Bengal (25.2 per cent), Kerala (24.6 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (18.55 per cent), Bihar (16.5 per cent) and Jharkhand (13.8 per cent). In absolute numbers, Uttar Pradesh (30.7 million), West Bengal (20.2 million), Bihar (13.7 million), and Maharashtra (10.70 million) have the largest Muslim population.

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