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title: "Unknown facts about Muslims living in India"  
description: "India is home to the third-largest Muslim population in the world, after Indonesia and Pakistan. Here's some muslim facts living in India"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2023-01-02  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1986/unknown-facts-about-muslims-living-in-india  
category: "education"  
tags: ["Muslim", "Indian Muslims", "muslim facts", "Indian Muslim facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Unknown facts about Muslims living in India

![Unknown facts about Muslims living in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf9f64da-7764-47f5-8d38-40322cb75258/images/0d0d93d8-6d9f-40c5-aa08-c73f1630d88d.jpeg) ![Unknown facts about Muslims living in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf9f64da-7764-47f5-8d38-40322cb75258/images/a5c7e10f-e22a-46a0-9ca1-cd2093d8324c.jpeg) India is home to the third-largest Muslim population in the world, after Indonesia and Pakistan. ![Unknown facts about Muslims living in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf9f64da-7764-47f5-8d38-40322cb75258/images/352c0823-1f69-49aa-ac90-438a1ffecf37.jpeg) Muslims make up approximately 14% of India's population and are the country's largest minority group. ![Unknown facts about Muslims living in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf9f64da-7764-47f5-8d38-40322cb75258/images/8b11449d-260a-4cef-9ad9-8eadd88f4cbd.jpeg) There is a long history of Islam in India, with the first Muslim invasions dating back to the 8th century. ![Unknown facts about Muslims living in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf9f64da-7764-47f5-8d38-40322cb75258/images/72360381-8e4b-4585-aa9b-8af3deb3cab5.jpeg) Many Muslims in India are descended from Arab traders who settled in the country over the centuries. ![Unknown facts about Muslims living in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf9f64da-7764-47f5-8d38-40322cb75258/images/574a2db3-e098-4229-98df-24b209bb3e6f.jpeg) The largest concentration of Muslims in India is in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which is home to over 40 million Muslims. ![Unknown facts about Muslims living in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf9f64da-7764-47f5-8d38-40322cb75258/images/5b000767-3308-4ea4-add0-a8799637983e.jpeg) There is a rich cultural and linguistic diversity among Muslims in India, with many different regional and linguistic groups. ![Unknown facts about Muslims living in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf9f64da-7764-47f5-8d38-40322cb75258/images/e936d7ee-66b3-41c5-8ce0-a04593a67657.jpeg) Muslims like Mughals damaged the Indian culture, destroyed many temples in India.

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