Return to roots? Village where Naushad calls himself Dubey & Irshad is Pandey | India News – Times of India
DEHRI (JAUNPUR): Sixty-seventy Muslims in this village in UP’s Jaunpur use Hindu surnames, claiming they have Hindu ancestry. They deny having embraced Hinduism, asserting they have no plans to do so. Naushad Ahmed is now Naushad Ahmed Dubey, Gufran is Thakur Gufran, Irshad Ahmed is Irshad Ahmed Pandey and Abdullah is Adbullah Dubey. This unusual…