[Reader-list] India on a list of countries which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately

[Murali V]

# Ref: http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Oct03/joshi.htm
The demography of India is fast changing. Here is a statistical
analysis Year Indian R. Muslims Christians 1951 (73.088) (24.880)
(2.033) 1991 (68.026) (29.944) (2.029) 1 )Where Indian Religionists
are under Pressure In the heartland and eastern regions of Indian
Union, comprising Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam Indian
Religionists are under great pressure. Muslims form a significant
presence in the whole of this region; and, there are several
districts, where they form a preponderant majority. Their presence is
especially high in a northern border belt that starts from Bahraich
district of eastern Uttar Pradesh and moves through Gonda, Basti,
Gorakhpur and Deoria districts of the state; to Champaran,
Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Saharsa, Purnia and Santhal Pargana districts
of Bihar; West Dinajpur, Maldah, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts of
West Bengal; and Goalpara, Kamrup, Darrang and Nagaon districts of
Assam.Muslims form about 28 percent of the population of this border
belt; their growth here has been high enough to add almost 7
percentage points to their share of the population in the four decades
since Partition. 2) Where Indian Religionists are turning a Minority
Indian Religionists form only about a third of the population of Jammu
and Kashmir; their presence in the valley districts of the state is
insignificant. In Goa, Indian Religionists constitute about two-thirds
of the population; of the rest about 30 percent are Christians and 5
percent Muslims. This is one of the rare states, where Indian
Religionists have considerably improved their share. In Kerala, Indian
Religionists have been losing ground throughout the twentieth century.
They have a share of 57 percent in the population in 1991, about 12
percentage points less than their share in 1901. They have lost about
6 percentage points to Christians and about the same to Muslims; the
gains of Christians occurred largely during 1901-1961 and those of
Muslims during 1961-1991. In the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar
Islands, the share of Indian Religionists has dropped from about 81
percent in 1901 to about 68 percent in 1991. 3) North Eastern States
The most dramatic story of the twentieth century, however, is that of
the north-eastern states, not including Assam which we have already
discussed above. These states - that form a mountainous wall around
the Brahmaputra valley and thus offer a protective cover along the
eastern borders of India with Tibet, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh -
are experiencing an intense movement of conversion towards
Christianity. In several of these states, entire populations have been
converted in quick spurts. One such major spurt took place during the
Independence decade of 1941-1951, and involved all states of the
region, except Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. In Nagaland, this spurt
took the share of Christians in the population of the state to nearly
54 percent from almost zero in 1941 In Mizoram, conversion to
Christianity began somewhat earlier, around 1921, but like in
Nagaland, there was a major rise in Christian presence during the
Independence decade of 1941-1951; more than 90 percent of the
population was converted to Christianity at the end of the decade.
Their proportion was recorded to be nearly zero in 1941 Meghalaya's
share of Christians in the population has risen to about 65 percent;
their share is much higher in East Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills
forming the central part of the state. Ref:
http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Oct03/joshi.htm

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Regards,
V Murali
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Rakesh Iyer<rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you provide the statistics proving the same? Or you have the habit of
> shooting off your mouth without knowing what you are saying?
>