“It is important to note that, throughout the entire period of Muslim rule, the lower caste Hindus and Sikhs joined the resistance and rebellion against Muslim rulers in large number- in many cases, it was the lower caste Hindus, who led the revolts. …Khusrau Khan, an enslaved and castrated Hindu convert to Islam, got his patron Sultan Kutubuddin Mubarak Khilji in 1320 and wiped out the Sultan’s leading Muslim officers. Khusrau Khan had allied with 20,000 Bewari Hindus (also called “Parwari” by some authors) of Gujarat. Their aim was to wipe out Islam from the Delhi seat of power. According to Ziauddin Barani, “In the course of four or five days, preparations were made for idol warship in the palace’ and “Copies of the Holy Book (Quran) were uses as seats and idols were set up in the pulpits of the mosques. Medieval chronicle Ziauddin Batani, Amir Khusrau and Ibn Battuah recognize the Bewaris as lower caste Hindus having bravery and readiness to play down their lives for their masters.
The lower caste Hindus in large numbers took up arms even against liberal and more equitable Akbar. The great. It is noted already that, in Akbar’s attack of Chittor in 1568 some 40,000 peasants —the lower caste Hindus —fought on the side of 8000 Rajputs. They had put up such an obstinate resistance that enraged Akbar, abandoning his general measures of dealing with captives, Ordered massacre of the 30,000 surrendered peasants.” (M.A. Khan, 2009, Islamic Jihad, A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism, and Slavery, iUniverse, Inc, NY, p, 113-114).
References:
Lal, K.S. (1995). Growth of Scheduled Tribes and Caste in Medieval India, Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi.
Ferishta, M. K. (19917). History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India . Translated by John Briggs, Lowe Price Publication, New Delhi Vol 1-IV.
