Raza is an alumnus of IIMC and is an independent journalist who has worked with organisations like The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Rajasthan Patrika and Dainik Bhaskar. He is a passionate follower of crime stories and when free you can find him playing FIFA.
Raza is an alumnus of IIMC and is an independent journalist who has worked with organisations like The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Rajasthan Patrika and Dainik Bhaskar. He is a passionate follower of crime stories and when free you can find him playing FIFA.
1528
Babri Masjid built by Babur's commander Mir Baqi.
1885
Mahant Raghubir Das files plea in Faizabad district court to build temple next to mosque. Plea rejected.
1949
Idol of Ram Lalla found inside mosque. Hindus call it divine appearance, others say it was smuggled.
1950
Suits filed by Gopal Singh Visharad and Paramhansa Ramachandra Das seeking permission to worhsip the idol inside the mosque.
1959
Nirmohi Akhara files plea seeking possession of disputed land.
1961
UP Sunni Waqf Board files petition seeking possession of site and removal of idols.
1986
Faizabad Sessions court orders opening of site, allowing Hindus to worship idols. Babri Masjid Action Committee formed in protest.
Aug 1989
Title suits shifted to Allahabad High Court which orders status quo.
Nov 1989
Rajiv Gandhi govt. allows Vishwa Hindu Parishad to perform Shilanayaas near the site.
1990
L.K. Advani begins Rath Yatra from Somnath, Gujarat to gather support.
Dec 1992
Babri Masjid demolished by Karsevaks. Liberhans Commission constituted to look into events.
1993
Narsimha Rao govt. acquires disputed site and adjoining areas under the Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act.
1994
SC upholds the validity of the Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act. Concludes mosque not integral to Islam in Ismail Farooqi case.
2002
Title dispute hearings begin in Allahabad High Court.
2003
SC prohibits all religious activity in acquired area.
2009
Liberhans Commission submits report to PM Manmohan Singh.
2010
Allahabad HC orders a 3-way division of disputed land between Sunni Waqf Board, Ram Lalla and Nirmohi Akhara.
2011
Supreme Court stays verdict by Allahabad High Court.
2017
3-judge Supreme Court bench begins hearing appeals.
2018
Appeal to reconsider Ismail Farooqi judgement rejected.
Jan 2019
5-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI formed to hear appeals.
Mar 2019
Matter sent for court-monitored mediation.
Nov 2019
SC directs govt. to set up trust to build temple on disputed land. Alternate land to be alloted for mosque.
The Ram Janmabhoomi, Ram Mandir or the Babri Masjid dispute was a political, historical, and socio-religious debate in India, centred on a plot of land in the city of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
The mosque was destroyed during a political rally which turned into a riot on 6 December 1992.
For many, the Ayodhya issue became a part of their lives after 1992 but majority of Indians didn't know that the issue began exactly 200 years ago.
Everybody knows about karsevaks and the rath yatra but they don't know how the issue began, who were the people involved and how it was politicised.
At a time when electronic channels were busy arranging 'bogus' debates on Ayodhya issue, I planned to write historical facts into stories in order to demystify the 200 year old issue.
What are your thoughts on the Ayodhya dispute and the Supreme Court's verdict? Write and publish them on Youth Ki Awaaz.
What are your thoughts on the Ayodhya dispute and the Supreme Court's verdict? Write and publish them on Youth Ki Awaaz.