A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case today. Here is a timeline of the case and various key developments in the story so far.
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Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has begun hearing the Ayodhya
Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case today. Let's
take a look at the various important developmennts in the case over
the decades leading up to today.
Dome
to doom
1528:
Mughal emperor Babur constructs a mosque and it is named Babri
December
23, 1949: Lord Ram's idols are planted inside the central dome.
Both sides file court cases; the site is locked
December
17, 1959: The Nirmohi Akhara files a suit seeking possession of
the site and claims to be the custodians of the disputed land
December
18, 1961: The Sunni Central Board of Waqf files a suit claiming
ownership of the site
1984:
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) launches a campaign for the
construction of the Ram temple at the Janmabhoomi site
February
1, 1986: Faizabad district court orders the gates of the mosque
be opened and Hindus be allowed to worship there. Muslims protest the
move and forms Babri Mosque Action Committee
November
9, 1989: VHP lays the foundation of a Ram temple on land next to
the Babri Masjid following permission from the then Rajiv Gandhi
government
September
25, 1990: Then BJP
President L K Advani launches his Rath Yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya.
He is arrested in Bihar’s Samastipur in November
December
6, 1992: The disputed Babri Mosque is razed to the ground by
karsevaks
April
2002: Three-judge Bench of high court begins hearing to determine
the ownership of land. The HC orders the Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) to excavate the site to determine if it was a temple
earlier.
2003:
ASI finds evidence of the presence of a temple under the mosque.
Muslim organisations dispute the findings
September
30, 2010: The HC rules the disputed land be divided into three
parts — one-third to Ram Lalla Virajman, represented by the Akhil
Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha; one-third to the Sunni Waqf Board; and the
remaining to the Nirmohi Akhara. In December, the parties move the SC
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