Bangladesh was Hindu majority even after 6 centuries of Muslim rule.
https://x.com/viprabuddhi/status/1998401006204497953
முஸ்லிம் ஆட்சியின் 6 நூற்றாண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகும் வங்கதேசம் இந்து பெரும்பான்மையாக இருந்தது. பிரிட்டிஷாரின் மக்கள்தொகை மறுசீரமைப்புக் கொள்கைகள் காரணமாக இது 100 ஆண்டுகளுக்கும் குறைவான காலத்தில் முஸ்லிம்களின் பெரும்பான்மையாக மாறியது. மைமன்சிங்: 1851 இல் இந்து பெரும்பான்மை சில்ஹெட்: 1881 இல் இந்து பெரும்பான்மை குல்னா: 1941 இல் இந்து பெரும்பான்மை டாக்கா: 1821 இல் இந்து சமநிலை முர்ஷிதாபாத்: 1829 இல் இந்துக்கள் பெரும்பான்மையாக இருந்தனர்.
It became Muslim majority in less than 100 years under the British due to their demographic re-engineering policies.
Mymensingh: Hindu majority in 1851
Sylhet: Hindu majority in 1881
Khulna: Hindu majority in 1941
Dhaka: Hindu parity in 1821
Murshidabad: Hindu majority in 1829
Religion
East Bengal (present-day-Bangladesh) had a population of 19 million people in the year 1800 A.D,[13] of which 10.716 million people were followers of Hinduism representing a majority of about 56.4% of the region's population,[11] while 7.961 million adhered to the Muslim faith, constituting 41.9% of the region's population as 2nd largest community.[14] The smaller number of 323,000 people followed Buddhism, Animism and Christianity, together presenting around 1.7% of the region's population.
The spread of Islam in East Bengal was more the result of conversion than conquest; dissatisfied with Buddhism and opposed to Hinduism, which put the majority of the population of East Bengal into the lower caste, vast numbers of Bengalis were attracted by the Islamic doctrine of the equality of all men before God. But they retained many of their old rituals and incorporated them into their new faith.[15]
Bangladesh's capital Dhaka city name is said to have been derived from Dhakeshwari the patron goddess of the city, whose shrine is located in Ramna of Dhaka city.[16] In Bangladesh, there's exist a blending culture of Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, folk religion, deities and practices. Worship exchanges takes place at temples and mosques and religious folk music gatherings (especially at Vaishnavite gatherings and among Muslim Sufis). Folk deities recognized by both Hindus and Muslim have included Shitala, the goddess of small pox, Oladevi, goddess of cholera, Manasa, goddess of snakes and are recognised by Hindus and Muslims of Bangladesh both alike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bangladesh
Muslim rule in the region was inaugurated with the taking of Nadia in 1202 (Ghurid invasion of Bengal). Initially, Bengal was administered by the Delhi Sultanate's governors, then by independent sultanates and then was under the rule of the Mughal empire. While Muslims had advanced into Sindh in the 700s, it was in Afghanistan that the ultimate Muslim conquest of South Asia originated from, starting with the raids by Mahmud of Ghazni in the early 11th century. The Afghanistan-based Ghurids replaced the Ghaznavids and they started expanded into the Ganges region. As part of this eastward expansion Ikhtiyaruddin Muhammad Bakhtiar Khalji defeated the Palas in Bihar and in 1202 was victorious over the Senas in Nadia. In 1206, the Delhi Sultanate was created. It was not a true dynasty but the rulers was known as Mamluk. The Sultanate continued till 1290. The conquest of Nadia did not entail swift conversions to Islam. The authority of the Senas persisted in Vikrampur till 1245 and a large part of eastern Bangladesh had neither been conquered nor converted.[35]
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