Kashmir Demographics | MCQs

Explanation

• At the time of Independence Muslim, the community was in majority in the state of Kashmir
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• British government sold Kashmir for a sum of 7.5 million Nanakshahee rupees to Gulab Singh, hereafter bestowed with the title of Maharaja.
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• In the last census of British India in 1941, the total population of Kashmir and Jammu was 3,945,000.
• 1.The total Muslim population was 2,997,000 (75.97%),
• 2 The Hindu population was 808,000 (20.48%),
• 3.The Sikh 55,000 (1.39%)