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Ayodhya Dispute |
1853: First recorded unpleasant incident of Hindu-Muslim violence on the situate with Hindus alleging the mosque was built on the situate of a razed Hindu shrine committed to lady Ram.
1859: British rulers erect a fence and allow Muslims and Hindus to worship singly in the inner and outer courtyards.
1885: The dispute is dragged to square in place of the basic schedule whilst Mahant Raghubar Das library a suit in a Faizabad square seeking say-so to build a Ram temple adjoining the Babri mosque.
Dec 23, 1949: About 50 Hindus allegedly sneak in idols of lady Ram in the mosque under the central field. This leads to on a daily basis Hindu prayers by the side of the situate. Muslims bring to a halt offering namaz.
Jan 16, 1950: Gopal Singh Visharad library suit in Faizabad city square seeking exclusive civil liberties to run prayers in place of "Ram Lalla". He besides seeks trial restraint on the elimination of idols.
Dec 5, 1950: Mahant Paramahans Ramchandra Das library suit to pick up again with the Hindu prayers and keeping the Ram idols by the side of the Babri mosque, which he calls a "structure".
Dec 17, 1959: Nirmohi Akhara library suit seeking move of doubtful situate.
Dec 18, 1961: Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Board of Waqf library suit seeking possession of Babri mosque situate.
1984: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) launches a campaign to release the tresses of the Babri mosque so as to "liberate" the hometown of lady Ram and build a imposing temple.
Feb 1, 1986: Faizabad quarter estimate allows Hindus to worship by the side of the situate. Locks are opened. Angry Muslims collection up Babri Mosque Action Committee in campaign.
June 1989: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gives starched support to the VHP, giving renewed life to the temple movement.
July 1, 1989: Fifth suit filed in the refer to of Bhagwan Ram Lalla Virajman.
Nov 9, 1989: The Rajiv Gandhi government permits 'shilanyas', or ground-breaking ceremony close to the Babri mosque.
Sep 25, 1990: BJP president L.K. Advani launcheS Rath Yatra - from Somnath in Gujarat to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, raising passions all on the terrain. Communal riots be an enthusiast of.
November 1990: Advani arrested in Samastipur in Bihar. The BJP withdraws support to Prime Minister V.P. Singh, whose government is propped by the Left and the BJP. V.P. Singh government is voted barred, he resigns.
October 1991: Kalyan Singh government in Uttar Pradesh acquires 2.77 acres of soil around Babri mosque.
Dec 6, 1992: Thousands massed by the side of Ayodhya demolish the Babri mosque, triggering extensive communal riots. A rough and ready Ram temple is suddenly built. Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao vows to rebuild the mosque.
Dec 16, 1992: M.S. Liberhan Commission collection up to look into the circumstances leading to the mosque razing.
January 2002: Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee sets up an Ayodhya Cell in his company to oration to Hindu and Muslim leaders to resolve the dispute.