Muslim nationalism in South Asia three distinct supporters: According to official government statistics, Hindu-majority India has almost 14% Muslim population spread across all states with significant concentrations in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Assam, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir. It is the second-largest home to Muslims after Indonesia and the third-largest home to Shia Muslims. Since independence, there has been a great deal of conflict within the various Muslim communities as to how to best function within the complex political and cultural mosaic that defines Indian politics in India today. All in all, Muslim perseverance in sustaining their continued advancement along with
Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India School of Oriental and African Studies", Digby stated that estimate lacks accurate data in pre-census times. Marxist historian Irfan Habib criticized the book in his "Economic History of the Delhi Sultanate"(1978). K. S. Lal wrote a reply to Irfan Habib's criticism in 1979 in his book "Bias in Indian Historiography" (1979) and "Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India" (1999). Koenraad Elst, a Hindutva sympathizer, referred to Lal's statistics in his book "Negationism in India", remarking that "More research is needed before we can settle for a quantitatively accurate evaluation of Muslim rule in India, but at least we