• the Pakistan National Congress represented Hindus and other minorities and won 28 seats in the East Bengal Legislature in 1954?
• the 1510 conquest of Goa by the Portuguese Governor Albuquerque was accomplished with the help of the Hindus against a Muslim army?

Facts on topics related to Hindus

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• "Hindu Taliban" is a pejorative term used by some tolerant or "secular" Hindus to describe the supporters of the Hindutva movement?
• Arya Samaj spearheaded the 19th-century cow protection movement, Hindu opposition to Muslim cow sacrifice, leading to violent riots spreading all across India?
• Hindu pilgrims to Pushkar Lake in Rajasthan, India, considered it lucky to be devoured by the crocodiles there?
• Hindus believe that god Vishnu falls asleep in the cosmic ocean of milk on the cosmic serpent, for a period of four months on the day of Shayani Ekadashi?
• Hindus often worship Krishna as the small child Bala Krishna (pictured), crawling on his hands and knees with a lump of butter in his hands?
• Arumuga Navalar, a Hindu revivalist, also helped translate the Bible into Tamil?
• Bhudev Mukhopadhyay taught at Hindu, Muslim and Christian schools?
• Jogendra Nath Mandal was a Hindu politician who served as the first Minister for Law and Labour of the Muslim state of Pakistan?
• Palwankar Vithal became the first Dalit cricketer to captain the Hindus team in the Bombay Quadrangular cricket competition, a milestone in the Hindu society's struggle against caste discrimination?
• Parikrama, an integral part of Hindu ritual, involves walking around a sacred object or place, as Ganesha (statue pictured) walked around Shiva in legend?