The Spanish resisted and, aided by British troops commanded by the Duke of Wellington, drove the French out.
The Spanish were able to drive the French out thanks to the help of British troops.
Over 80 million Muslims form the second-largest religious group in India almost as many as the population of Pakistan most of them descendants from Hindu converts of the Mughals' empire, who bore the brunt of Hindu retaliation for long years full of subjection and an often unfair identification with British rule.