You must call me a Hindu Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan rah mgbATN News

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday said that reformer, educationist and founder of Aligarh Muslim University Sir Syed Ahmed Khan once insisted on being called a Hindu. At a program organized by the Kerala Hindus of North America (KHNA) in Thiruvananthapuram, the governor recalled that the famous philosopher had said that during an Arya Samaj meeting you should call me Hindu but you (Arya Samaj -members) My serious complaint against you is why you don’t call me Hindu? I do not consider Hindu as a religious term. Hindu is a geographical term.

Arif Muhammad Khan said that anyone born in India, anyone who lives on food produced in India, anyone who drinks water from the rivers of India, has the right to call himself a Hindu. You must call me Hindu. He added that when Sir Syed Ahmad Khan completed his term in the Legislative Council during the colonial rule, he was welcomed by the members of the society.

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Arif Muhammad Khan also said that the use of terms like Hindu, Muslim and Sikh was perfectly fine during the colonial period because the British made communities the basis for deciding the common rights of citizens. Arif Muhammad Khan has often been in the headlines for his conflict with the Kerala government and has said that there is a conspiracy in the state to make people feel that it is wrong to say I am a Hindu.

He claimed that even before independence, the country’s kings and rulers openly accepted all religious groups. who believed in Sanatana Dharma.