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'''Islam''' is a minority religion in [[Punjab, India]] followed by 5.35 lakhs people comprising about 1.93% of the state population out of 27.7 million population as of 2011 census report.<ref>Punjab Population Sex Ratio in Punjab Literacy rate data 2011 ...</ref>
[[File:Muslim shrine in Mashingan town of Patiala district Punjab 01.jpg|thumb|A photo of a mosque in Punjab, India]]
Islam has a strong historical presence in Punjab with many [[mosques]], [[mausoleum]]s and shrines. Comprising 33% of the East Punjab population in 1941, most [[Punjabi Muslims]] left the region en-masse for [[Punjab, Pakistan|West Punjab]] in newly formed [[Pakistan]] during the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.

==History==
{{Historical populations
|title = Muslim Population in East Punjab
|type =
|footnote =
|align = right
|width =
|state =
|shading =
|pop_name =
|percentages =
|source = [[Census of India]]
|1941 | 2,700,000
|1947 | 90,172
|1951 | 110,160
|1961 | 181,234
|1971 | 252,688
|1981 | 321,287
|1991 | 390,077
|2001 | 382,045
|2011 | 535,489
}}

Islam first arrived in the Punjab region following the conquest of [[Sindh]] by [[Muhammad bin Qasim]] in 712. The first permanent Muslim conquest of the Punjab was carried out by [[Mahmud Ghaznavi]] who made the whole of the Punjab a province of his empire with the headquarters at [[Lahore]].

When the [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid Empire]] began to decline, the region was conquered by [[Muhammad Ghori]]. The conquest by Muhammad Ghori inaugurated a period of Muslim rule which lasted until the 18th century. The Mughals made most of East Punjab a part of the governorate of [[Sirhind]].

The founder of the [[Ahmadiyya]] movement, [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]], was born in [[Qadian|Qadian, East Punjab]] in 1835.

In the 1941 census, Muslims comprised 33.0% of the [[Punjab, India|East Punjab]] population, numbering around 2.7 million and formed a majority in the districts of [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]], [[Firozpur district|Ferozepore]], [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]] and [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]. After the [[Partition of Punjab]], the population declined to 90,000 or 0.5% due to large-scale mass migration to [[West Punjab]], Pakistan.

Today, Muslims are scattered across East Punjab with small concentrations in the cities of [[Chandigarh]], [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Ludhiana]], [[Malerkotla]] and [[Qadian]]. Malerkotla is the only municipality in Indian Punjab that has a Muslim majority.<ref>{{cite journal|title=A renewed hate campaign|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1811/18110400.htm|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|volume=18|issue=11|year=2001}}</ref>

==Demography==
Demographics according to 2011.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!District
!Muslim
!Population
|-
|1
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|0.50%
|12,502
|-
|2
|[[Barnala district|Barnala]]
|2.20%
|13,100
|-
|3
|[[Bathinda district|Bathinda]]
|1.17%
|16,299
|-
|4
|[[Faridkot district|Faridkot]]
|0.51%
|3,125
|-
|5
|[[Fatehgarh Sahib district|Fatehgarh Sahib]]
|2.80%
|16,808
|-
|6
|[[Firozpur district|Firozpur]]
|0.34%
|6,844
|-
|7
|[[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]]
|1.20%
|27,667
|-
|8
|[[Hoshiarpur district|Hoshiarpur]]
|1.46%
|23,089
|-
|9
|[[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
|1.38%
|30,233
|-
|10
|[[Kapurthala district|Kapurthala]]
|1.25%
|10,190
|-
|11
|[[Ludhiana district|Ludhiana]]
|2.22%
|77,713
|-
|12
|[[Mansa district, India|Mansa]]
|1.35%
|10,375
|-
|13
|[[Moga district|Moga]]
|0.94%
|9,388
|-
|14
|[[Muktsar district|Muktsar]]
|0.48%
|4,333
|-
|15
|[[Patiala district|Patiala]]
|2.11%
|40,043
|-
|16
|[[Rupnagar district|Rupnagar]]
|2.12%
|14,492
|-
|17
|[[Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district|Mohali]]
|2.96%
|29,488
|-
|18
|[[Sangrur district|Sangrur]]
|10.82%
|179,116
|-
|19
|[[Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Nawanshehar]]
|1.12%
|6,829
|-
|20
|[[Tarn Taran district|Tarn Taran]]
|0.34%
|3,855
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Punjab''' (Total)
|1.93%
|535,489
|}
== Trends ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trends in Muslim population of Punjab, India before and after Partition <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ummid.com/news/2019/march/29.03.2019/muslims-in-punjab.html|title = Muslims are dotting Punjab Landscape once again}}</ref><ref>http://punenvis.nic.in/index3.aspx?sslid=2277&subsublinkid=1527&langid=1&mid=1</ref><ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312619811_Demographic_Dynamism_of_Punjab_1971-2011</ref>
<ref>https://www.newslaundry.com/2015/01/09/the-vanishing-hindus-of-pakistan-a-demographic-study-2</ref>
! Census year !! % of total population !! Decadal growth !! Increase
|-
|1946 '''(Before partition)''' || 33% || N/A || N/A
|-
|-
|1947 '''(After partition)''' || 0.5% || 8.34% || style="background: red" |
'''-32.5%'''
|-
|-
| 1951 || 0.63% || 16.26% || style="background: lightgreen" |
'''+0.13%'''
|-
| 1961 || 0.82% || 17.48% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.19%'''
|-
| 1971 || 0.93% || 17.76% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.11%'''
|-
| 1981 || 1% || 17.35% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.07%'''
|-
| 1991 || 1.18% || 17.11% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.18%'''
|-
| 2001 || 1.57% || 18.91% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.39%'''
|-
| 2011 || 1.93% || 19.80% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.36%'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Islam in India by region}}

[[Category:Islam in Punjab, India| ]]
[[Category:Islam in India by state or union territory|Punjab, India]]

Islam in Punjab, India - Revision history

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