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The demolition of the Babri Masjid was carried out on 6 December 1992 by a large group of activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organisations.The 16th-century Babri Masjid in the city of Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh, India, had been the subject of a lengthy socio-political dispute, and was targeted after a political rally organised by Hindu nationalist organisations turned violent.
Babri Masjid 19th century photo by Samuel Bourne Religion Affiliation Islam District Ayodhya Status Demolished Fate Site now occupied by the Ram Mandir temple; succeeded by Muhammad bin Abdullah Masjid Location Municipality Ayodhya State Uttar Pradesh Country India Location in India Geographic coordinates 26°47′44″N 82°11′40″E / 26.7956°N 82.1945°E / 26.7956; 82.1945 ...
On 6 December 1992, members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal destroyed the 430-year-old Babri Mosque in Ayodhya [111] [112] —it was claimed by the Hindus that the mosque was built over the birthplace of the deity Rama (and a 2010 Allahabad High Court ruled that the site was indeed a Hindu monument before the mosque was built ...
A 16th-century Babri Masjid mosque in northern Indian city of Ayodhya was destroyed by Hindu hard-liners in December 1992, sparking massive Hindu-Muslim violence that left some 2,000 people dead.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Top Muslim leaders in India called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Friday to end disputes over mosques and Hindu temples, saying the minority Muslim population ...
The controversy around the Jama Masjid is the latest in a series of disputes around mosques in the country, where Hindu groups have claimed that Mughal rulers destroyed temples to build them.
[3] [4] More than 2000 people were killed in ensuing riots in many major Indian cities including Mumbai, and Delhi. [5] The mosque was constructed in 1527 by order of Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India on top of a destroyed Ram temple. [6] [7] Before the 1940s, the mosque was called Masjid-i-Janmasthan ("mosque of the birthplace"). [8]
About 80 chartered flights have landed at the new international airport of India's holy city of Ayodhya for Monday’s partial opening of the controversial grand temple for one of Hinduism’s ...