Political Legacy of the Muslims in India: An Overview

Abstract

The Indian constitution was drawn from the different sources of the world's constitution i.e. USA, Australia, Canada and Great Brittan. There was the only objective how to unite different kinds of people in united India. In fact constitution provides privileges and comforts to her masses so that all the minorities of India can take breath under the Indian constitution. It is true that the Indian constitution provides protection to the Muslims and other minorities but practice is altogether different. The political status of the Muslims in India seems almost very bleak. Representation in the central and promotional states, political party, method of elections and state policies of Indian government can determine the political status of the Muslims and others minorities. The role of press is also worthwhile in attaining the true picture of the Indian Muslims. The objective of the study is open, to explore the socio economic and political status of the Muslims through facts and figures and strong evidences. The study concludes that in the post-independence context, the Muslim elites (politicians, social activists, religious leaders, academics, and journalists) believe that antiMuslim violence is planned and executed to render Muslims economically and socially crippled and as a final outcome of that economic and social backwardness, assimilate them into the lower rungs of Hindu society.