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Notable people who converted to Hinduism from Islam From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Islam.
Name | Notes | Refs. | |
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Khusro Khan | When he was a little boy he was enslaved and converted to Islam by emperor Alauddin Khilji. Later on he reverted to Hinduism. | [1] | |
Bukka I | King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reconverted. | [2][3] | |
Harilal Mohandas Gandhi | Son of Mahatma Gandhi; converted to Islam and later reconverted to Hinduism. | [4] | |
Haridas Thakura | Prominent Vaishnavite saint, instrumental in the early appearance and spread of the Gaudiya Vaishnavism movement. | [7][8] | |
Nargis | Bollywood actress, politician, and social worker who converted upon marriage to actor Sunil Dutt. | [9] | |
Asha Sachdev | Bollywood actress. | [10] | |
Harihara I | King who converted to Islam, then reconverted. | [11] | |
Netaji Palkar | Maratha Empire's noble and commander-in-chief of the army of Chhatrapati Shivaji,(converted to Islam then reconverted) King of the Maratha Empire. | [12][13] | |
Zubeida Begum | Film actress, on whose life story the film Zubeidaa was based; converted to Hinduism upon marriage. | [14] | |
Annapurna Devi | Born Roshanara Khan, Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of Hindustani classical music, converted to Hinduism to marry sitar player, Ravi Shankar. | [15][16] | |
Manyata Dutt | Indian entrepreneur, born as Dilnawaz Sheikh. Converted upon marriage to actor Sanjay Dutt. | [17] | |
Happy Salma | Indonesian actress and entrepreneur, converted and became member of the Lordship of Ubud after marriage to a Balinese prince. | [18] | |
Syed Waseem Rizvi | Former member and chairman of the Shia Central Waqf Board of Uttar Pradesh, India converted to Hinduism on 6 December 2021 and changed his name to Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi. | [19] | |
Sukmawati Sukarnoputri | Daughter of Indonesia’s founding father and first president, Sukarno, converted to Hinduism from Islam on October 26, 2021 at the Sukarno Centre Heritage Area, located inside the Buleleng Regency in Bali. | [20][21] | |
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