re: Muslims ruled India for 8 centuries…
Of course it was same, for my own ancestors in Lyallpur it hardly would have made any difference ever, all I know about their history up-till battle of Saragarhi is that they were farmers and since then soldiers of British Indian Army 
Yaar Imagine when now we are being be-fooled in the name of religion today,what our ancestors would have been 4-5 centuries before?