MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN DELHY: THE PROBLEMS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION IN INDEPENDENT INDIA

Abstract

The article analyzes the role of the Muslim minority in Delhipaying
special attention to its role in the political process. The current
capital of India has always played an extremely important role for the Muslim community in South Asia. After the partition of British India in 1947, Delhi became the capital of the Indian Union. At the end of the XXth century, Muslims in Delhi had to buildcomplex relationships with various ethnic and religious groups. The situation in Delhi deserves attention not only as an Indian problem, but also as an exampleof the position of a religious minority in the modern megalopolis