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- Radhasyam Brahmachari
- How fast-breeding Muslims are turning West Bengal (and entire India for that matter) into a Muslim-majority state and signs of the consequences that await its Hindu populations.
- West Bengal suffered from large refugee influx during the partition in 1947, leading to political unrests later on. The partition of Bengal entailed the greatest exodus of people in Human History. Some 3.5 million Hindus migrated from East Pakistan to India, while only 500,000 Muslims crossed border from West Bengal to East Pakistan, although it was Muslims, who demanded a separate Muslim state and created Pakistan. The influx of Hindu refugees created crisis of land and food in West Bengal lasting more than three decades. The politics of West Bengal, since the partition in 1947, has developed round the nucleus of refugee problem. Both the Rightists and the Leftists in politics of West Bengal have not yet become free from the socio-economic conditions created by the partition of Bengal.
- Again, the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 resulted in the fresh influx of millions of Hindu refugees to West Bengal, causing significant strain on its infrastructure.
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- Firstly, planned and deliberate rejection of family-planning measures by the Muslims;
- Secondly, the uncontrolled influx of illegal Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators through the porous Indo-Bangladesh border; and,
- Thirdly, through conversion of Hindus to Islam.
There are mainly three factors for this explosion of Muslim population.
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- Figure 2: Decline of Hindu Population in West Bengal (Courtesy: Mohit Ray)
- In other words, entire West Bengal will become a Muslim-majority state in the next 40 years.
- It is needless to say that, as soon as the Muslim population would rise to 40% in 2034, it would be difficult for the Hindus to live in peace in the state. Secret IB report tells that Muslims will claim the land on the eastern side of River Hooghly as an Islamic state or a part of greater Bangladesh. In such a situation, there will remain two options before the Hindus: either to accept Islam or to become refugee again and flee their homes to other parts of India to save their lives, dignity and religious faith.
- Many apprehend that Hindus will be outnumbered by Muslims much earlier than the projection presented above, due to the fact that population of Muslim children is much higher than the population adults
- Table 3 shows how the Hindu populations are declining and Muslim populations rising throughout India. If continue unchecked, entire India may turn into a Muslim-dominant country in 5 to 6 decades.
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Year
Indian Religionists
Muslim
Christian
1901
86.64
12.21
1.15
1941
84.44
13.38
2.18
1951
87.24
10.43
2.33
1991
85.01
12.59
2.32
2001
67.56
30.38
2.06
(Source: Religious Demography of India by A P Joshi, M D Srinivas and J K Bajaj, 2003)
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