This video explains number of Muslims in Indian Army - Part-I | Muslims in Indian Armed Forces | Muslim Soldiers in Indian Army
1. Muslim population in combined India before partition, as per 1941 census was 23%.
2. After partition, two third of the Muslims migrated to Pakistan and 1/3rd left in India. Therefore, as per 1951 census Muslims population percentage reduced to 10 %.
3. While according to 2001, Muslims were 13.4% of Indian population.
4. Muslims in Indian Army were 2% in 1953 which reduced to 1% in 1990. Currently, Muslims percentage in Indian armed forces has marginally increased to 3%.
5. No Muslim in the Indian army ever made it past the rank of major-general and only eight ever made it that far.
6. One Air Chief of IAF was Muslim ACM Idris Hasan Latif (1978-1981).
So, in this video we found the answer to the questions that How Many Muslims in Indian Army - Part-I | Muslims in Indian Armed Forces | Muslim Soldiers in Indian Army