Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that centuries of foreign invasions and colonial rule in India not only led to the exploitation of resources and people but also caused a significant decline in the Hindu population.

While addressing a state-level workshop on ' Atmanirbhar Bharat -Swadeshi Sankalp' in Lucknow on September 23, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister claimed that the Hindu population , which he said was around 60 crore by the year 1100, had reduced to approximately 30 crore by the time India attained Independence in 1947.

"By the year 1100, the Hindu population in India was 60 crore. And when the country gained independence in 1947, the Hindu population was only 30 crore. Tell me, should our population have increased or decreased in these 800-900 years?

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