There is a problem with the conflating of Moghul Rule in India and Britsh Rule and clubbing it under the "abrahramic tradition" as if it prescribes the anti-colonial or de-colonising agenda. There is a rich tradition of rennaisance and Reform, which under-pins the kind of history of independence and the choices that were made to follow a cartain consitutional frame. The attempt seems to be to portray Nehru as the "western Influence: rather than a composite dynamic of Reform and Rennaisance during British rule. Further that Muslim Society is a direct continuum of Mughal Rule and therefore all its artefacts can be "demolished.
HISTORICAL NOTES INDIAN RENAISSANCE: THE MAKING OF MODERN INDIA Sisir K. Majumdar* https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol46_1_7_SKMajumdar.pdf
There was no political dimension in the Indian Renaissance. Surprisingly, the Renaissance leaders were free from the agony of colonial subjugation. They rather helplessly accepted the foreign rule. They deviated from the path of reason and humanism and rather tilted towards antiquated old feudal and spiritual beliefs.
The caste-system- the very foundation of feudal and unequal society in Indiaremained virtually unchanged. The success of the Renaissance was, in fact, very limited. Many are unwilling to consider it as a social reawakening in the real sense of the term. It lacked a definite philosophy
The Renaissance triggered the process of rediscovering India’s glorious past after a long period of hibernation, and initiated the symbiotic interaction between the best of both East and West, but always resisting her assimilation and absorption into ethos and culture of distant shores. The origin of many ideas of western philosophy could be traced to the maxims of ancient Indian philosophy, such as Immanel Kant’s (1724-1804) duty-based theory, supremacy of the motive of an action over the action itself and its consequences, the categorical imperative, and the principle of universalizability. These are all reflections of the philosophy of
the Bhagavad Gita– written about 2600 years ago.
Three phases of Indian renaissance K. N. PANIKKAR https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/three-phases-of-indian-renaissance/article23595411.ece : March 03, 2017
https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol46_1_7_SKMajumdar.pdf
Indian Renaissance and Reform Movement http://www.visionias.in/beta/sites/all/themes/momentum/files/Advance%20Course%20for%20GS%20Prelims%202016/Indian%20Renaissance%20and%20Reform%20Movement.pdf
Extracts: The conquest of India by the British during the 18th and 19th century exposed some serious weaknesses and drawbacks of Indian social institutions. The socio intellectual revolution that took place in the nineteenth century in the fields of philosophy, literature, science, politics and social reforms is often known as Indian Renaissance.
An important part of this Renaissance was reforming Hinduism from within on the basis of PostEnlightenment rationalism. The Renaissance was especially focused in Bengal and is popularly known as the Bengal Renaissance.
The ideas and activities of the intellectuals were directly or indirectly related to the task of
nation-building and national reconstruction. The social reform movement, as a matter of
fact, was not an isolated phenomenon; it was loaded with wider national political and
economic considerations. In a way, the social reform movement was a prelude to
nationalism.
Congress, which was founded in 1885, deliberately avoided social issues till 1917. In the annual session of 1887, Dadabhai Naoroji said that Congress was a political body meant to convey the political aspirations to British, and not to discuss social reforms.