10-26-2010, 10:58 PM
Here are the figures for religious composition of undivided Kashmir
kingdom in 1941
Muslim = 77%
Hindu = 20.12 %
Sikh = 1.64 %
Buddhists ~ 1%
(page 179, see below)
Kashmir valley was more than 90% Muslim (only 113,000 non muslims in
a population of 1,732,000). Even Jammu was a Muslim majority region
(53%) - page 180
The total population of the Kingdom was 4,002,000
Total area was 84,471 sq miles, which is just about the size of the
state of Minnesota. (page 179)
Reference: BROWN, W. Norman. 1972. The United States and India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh (The American Foreign Policy Library, Edwin O.
Reischauer - Ed.). Harvard College.
The book had two earlier editions - 1st in 1953 and 2nd in 1963.
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kingdom in 1941
Muslim = 77%
Hindu = 20.12 %
Sikh = 1.64 %
Buddhists ~ 1%
(page 179, see below)
Kashmir valley was more than 90% Muslim (only 113,000 non muslims in
a population of 1,732,000). Even Jammu was a Muslim majority region
(53%) - page 180
The total population of the Kingdom was 4,002,000
Total area was 84,471 sq miles, which is just about the size of the
state of Minnesota. (page 179)
Reference: BROWN, W. Norman. 1972. The United States and India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh (The American Foreign Policy Library, Edwin O.
Reischauer - Ed.). Harvard College.
The book had two earlier editions - 1st in 1953 and 2nd in 1963.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianCivi...sage/16723