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  2. Demolition of the Babri Masjid - Wikipedia

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    The Babri Masjid, a 16th-century mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya, was destroyed on 6 December 1992 by a large group of activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organisations. The mosque had been the subject of a lengthy socio-political dispute , and was targeted after a political rally organised by Hindu nationalist organisations ...

  3. Ayodhya dispute - Wikipedia

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    The inscription on the Babri mosque also names him as Babur Qalandar. [62] Musa Ashiqan's grave is situated close to the Babri mosque site, whose shrine uses two of the same type of black basalt columns used in the Babri mosque, indicative of his role in the destruction of the prior temple. [63]

  4. Babri Masjid - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Controversy erupts over Hindu temple float at New York's ...

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    Hindus say the site in Ayodhya was holy to them long before Muslim Mughals razed a temple there to build the 1528 Babri mosque, destroyed in 1992. The mosque's destruction was followed by ...

  6. Liberhan Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Babri Masjid (Mosque of Babur) was a mosque in Ayodhya on Ramkot Hill. It was destroyed in 1992 when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150,000 people, [2] Despite a commitment to the Indian Supreme Court by the rally organisers that the mosque would not be harmed.

  7. Ayodhya firing incident - Wikipedia

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    The Uttar Pradesh police opened fire at civilians because they were heading to demolish the Babri Masjid on two separate days, 30 October 1990 and 2 November 1990, in the aftermath of the Ram Rath Yatra. The civilians were religious volunteers, or kar sevaks, assembled near the Ram Janmabhoomi site at Ayodhya. The state government's official ...

  8. Ram Rath Yatra - Wikipedia

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    Following the Mughal conquest of the region in 1528, a mosque was built in Ayodhya by the Mughal general Mir Baqi, who named it the Babri Masjid after the Mughal emperor Babur. According to hearsay, Baqi destroyed a pre-existing temple of Rama at the site.

  9. Hindutva iconoclasm - Wikipedia

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    The Babri Masjid mosque, Faizabad, India; Ayodhya, India. Babri Mosque that has been subjected to destruction by Hindu Nationalists due to social and political agendas. The Babri Masjid, a mosque located in the town of Ayodhya in Northern India, was destroyed by a mob organized by Hindu nationalist politicians in 1992. [8]