Here is Timeline of #BabriMasjid as #BabriMasjidAwaitsJustice
1528: Babri Masjid was constructed in Ayodhya by Mir Baqi on instructions of Mughal emperor Babur.
No record of it being built over a demolished temple, nor any record of claims of site being birth place of Shri Ram
1528: Babri Masjid was constructed in Ayodhya by Mir Baqi on instructions of Mughal emperor Babur.
No record of it being built over a demolished temple, nor any record of claims of site being birth place of Shri Ram
1859: Controversy began after locals start claiming #BabriMasjid as birthplace of Shri Ram.
Britishers erected a fence dividing the site. Muslims used mosque's inner court to pray, Hindus were allowed to use outer court.
1934: Damage to mosque & dome in riots, rebuilt by govt
Britishers erected a fence dividing the site. Muslims used mosque's inner court to pray, Hindus were allowed to use outer court.
1934: Damage to mosque & dome in riots, rebuilt by govt
1949: Idols were planted by Hindu Mahasabha activists inside #BabriMasjid. The mosque was then locked.
District magistrate K.K. Nayar refused to remove idols on the premise that it would lead to large-scale riots. He later joined Jan Sangh, the precursor to BJP, & elected as MP.
District magistrate K.K. Nayar refused to remove idols on the premise that it would lead to large-scale riots. He later joined Jan Sangh, the precursor to BJP, & elected as MP.
1950: Hashim Ansari filed a petition in Faizabad court asking for #BabriMasjid gates to be opened for namaz.
Gopal Singh Visharad & Mahant Paramhans Ramchandra Das also filed suits for permission to offer prayers.
While inner courtyard remained locked, prayers allowed outside.
Gopal Singh Visharad & Mahant Paramhans Ramchandra Das also filed suits for permission to offer prayers.
While inner courtyard remained locked, prayers allowed outside.
1959: A 3rd suit was filed by Nirmohi Akhara, headed by Mahant Bhaskar Das
1961: A 4th suit was filed by UP Sunni Central Waqf Board for restoration of right to pray at #BabriMasjid
1964: VHP formed
1980: BJP founded after dissolution of Janata Party
1961: A 4th suit was filed by UP Sunni Central Waqf Board for restoration of right to pray at #BabriMasjid
1964: VHP formed
1980: BJP founded after dissolution of Janata Party
1984: Hindutva groups formed a committee for construction of temple. BJP leader L.K. Advani assumed leadership of movement
1986: A district judge directed that #BabriMasjid gates be unlocked & Hindus be allowed to worship.
Muslims formed the Babri Masjid Action Committee.
1986: A district judge directed that #BabriMasjid gates be unlocked & Hindus be allowed to worship.
Muslims formed the Babri Masjid Action Committee.
1989: A suit was filed by VHP VP & former judge of Allahabad HC Deoki Nandan Agarwal seeking to become the "sakha" (friend) of deity in title suits at Alhbd HC.
Allahabad HC orders status quo wrt #BabriMasjid
Rajiv Gandhi allowed VHP for shilanyas (foundation) of Ram temple.
Allahabad HC orders status quo wrt #BabriMasjid
Rajiv Gandhi allowed VHP for shilanyas (foundation) of Ram temple.
1990: BJP President L.K. Advani launched his Rath Yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya, arrested in Samastipur in Bihar by Lalu Prasad Yadav govt in Nov, 1990 along w VHP leader Ashok Singhal.
BJP withdrew its support to National Front govt led by V. P. Singh, leading to its collapse.
BJP withdrew its support to National Front govt led by V. P. Singh, leading to its collapse.
1991: Narasimha Rao formed govt at the Centre. BJP emerges as 2nd largest party with 121 seats in Lok Sabha.
BJP formed govt in UP with Kalyan Singh as the CM.
1992: 6-Dec: A Hindutva crowd of almost 150,000 people & leaders gathered at #BabriMasjid in Ayodhya & demolished it.
BJP formed govt in UP with Kalyan Singh as the CM.
1992: 6-Dec: A Hindutva crowd of almost 150,000 people & leaders gathered at #BabriMasjid in Ayodhya & demolished it.
1993: The Liberhan Commission began its probe.
CBI takes over the criminal case & filed a chargesheet against BJP leaders L.K. Advani and 19 others for conspiring to demolish the #BabriMasjid.
1996: The HC clubbed all the cases together.
CBI takes over the criminal case & filed a chargesheet against BJP leaders L.K. Advani and 19 others for conspiring to demolish the #BabriMasjid.
1996: The HC clubbed all the cases together.
2002: Allahabad HC directs Archaeological Survey of India to excavate the #BabriMasjid site to determine if a temple lay underneath.
2003: ASI submitted report saying evidence of a 10th century temple beneath #BabriMasjid.
Its report is REFUTED by archaeologists & historians.
2003: ASI submitted report saying evidence of a 10th century temple beneath #BabriMasjid.
Its report is REFUTED by archaeologists & historians.
June 2009: After 17 yrs, Liberhan commission investigating #BabriMasjid demolition submitted its report to PM Manmohan Singh.
It found Vajpayee, Advani, MM Joshi, Kalyan Singh, Pramod Mahajan, Uma Bharti & Vijayaraje Scindia culpable in the demolition of the #BabriMasjid.
It found Vajpayee, Advani, MM Joshi, Kalyan Singh, Pramod Mahajan, Uma Bharti & Vijayaraje Scindia culpable in the demolition of the #BabriMasjid.
2009: It also named VHP leaders Giriraj Kishore & Ashok Singhal, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray & RSS leader Govindacharya culpable in demolition of #BabriMasjid
It said that leaders made provocative speeches at the rally & that demolition was "neither spontaneous nor unplanned".
It said that leaders made provocative speeches at the rally & that demolition was "neither spontaneous nor unplanned".
2010: Allahabad HC ruled that the disputed land in Ayodhya where the #BabriMasjid was shall be divided into 3 parts.
A 2/3 portion to be shared by two Hindu plaintiffs and 1/3 be given to the Sunni Muslim Waqf Board.
A 2/3 portion to be shared by two Hindu plaintiffs and 1/3 be given to the Sunni Muslim Waqf Board.
2019: 25-Jan: Supreme Court reconstitutes 5-member Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S.A Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S.A. Nazeer to hear the case.
2019: 9-Nov: The SC pronounced "unanimous" verdict in Ayodhya title dispute case, that Hindu parties will be given disputed land where the #BabriMasjid once stood.
Sunni Waqf Board, Muslim litigant in the case, will be given 5 acres at a separate prominent location in Ayodhya.
Sunni Waqf Board, Muslim litigant in the case, will be given 5 acres at a separate prominent location in Ayodhya.
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