Interesting tale of Islamic conversion under Mugal/Awadh rule:
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Village Sihaichpar is on Varanasi-Gorakhpur national highway. Families in this village are half Hindu and half Musalmaan. Elder sons take Hindu and younger Musalman.
1. It started during awrangzeb's time when Jazia was imposed upon Hindus (and not mentioned in this - other tyrannical land-grabbing tools imposed upon Hindu farmers). In horrible times, to protect their lands, and to save themselves from Jazia, families decided to convert one son in each family and transfer the land title in his name. This then gained momentum and continued this way to this date.
Above must have happened in other villages too, and then probably died out after awrangzeb's tyranny ended, but in this particular village, something else happened:
2. During Wajid Ali shah's tenure of awadh, there were some small insignificant ocuurance which reinforced this. There was some Hindu landlord, Mahachand, who was arrested by WAS under some 'gaban' charges. He lived in Nawab's jail for a few years. When freed, brahmins of the village refused to accept him as Hindu and prescribed the shuddhi for him, which the landlord refused, and became a recluse. All his sons before this even remained a Hindu, but younger son born after this event - since being an outcast - became muslim. That continues.
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Village Sihaichpar is on Varanasi-Gorakhpur national highway. Families in this village are half Hindu and half Musalmaan. Elder sons take Hindu and younger Musalman.
1. It started during awrangzeb's time when Jazia was imposed upon Hindus (and not mentioned in this - other tyrannical land-grabbing tools imposed upon Hindu farmers). In horrible times, to protect their lands, and to save themselves from Jazia, families decided to convert one son in each family and transfer the land title in his name. This then gained momentum and continued this way to this date.
Above must have happened in other villages too, and then probably died out after awrangzeb's tyranny ended, but in this particular village, something else happened:
2. During Wajid Ali shah's tenure of awadh, there were some small insignificant ocuurance which reinforced this. There was some Hindu landlord, Mahachand, who was arrested by WAS under some 'gaban' charges. He lived in Nawab's jail for a few years. When freed, brahmins of the village refused to accept him as Hindu and prescribed the shuddhi for him, which the landlord refused, and became a recluse. All his sons before this even remained a Hindu, but younger son born after this event - since being an outcast - became muslim. That continues.