About the Book: Muslims of India: Exclusionary Processes and Inclusionary
Measures
The problem of Muslim educational backwardness in India must be discussed in
the context of its temporal and spatial dimensions. The temporal dimension of
the problem must be traced to the British conquest of India and also weakening
of Jihad among Muslims. This conquest was not a single simultaneous event but
took place in stages. Thus the changes in education introduced by the British
were uneven in impact. These changes took place first in those regions that were
drawn into the ambit of British rule first. The British conquest of India took
place by sea from