BABRI MASJIDVs

RAMBHUMI

CONTROVERSY

History

Muslim emperor Babur, who in 1527 defeated the Hindu King of Chittorgarh, Rana Sangram Singh at Fatehpur Sikri.

His general, Mir Banki came to Ayodhya in 1528 and built the Mosque ,which was named as BABRI MASJID.

There are claims that when the Mosque built, the Ram temple at Ayodhya was either demolished or modified largely.

Over the years, Hindus have sought to reclaim the 'Ram Janmabhoomi' while Muslims have sought to defend the Babri Masjid

GROWTH OF DISPUTE Before the 1940s, the mosque was called Masjid-i Janmasthan ('mosque on

birthplace') by Indian Muslims.

1947 - A Government order, prohibited Muslims from being around the site (at least 200 yards).

1949- Both communities moved the court claiming ownership of the land.

1950, Gopalsingh Visharad filed a petition in Faizabad district court seeking rights for Hindus to visit their lord and offer pujas to Ramlala.

February 21, 1950, claiming that the land should be handed over to Muslims because structure was built by Babar’s General Mir Banki in 1528

1984 - The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) started a campaign to reclaim the site for Hindus.

1989 - Allahabad High Court passed an order that the main gates should be opened up and restored the site to Hindus for eternity.But the communal discord re-erupted when the Hindus intented to make modifications of the Islamic style structure built by General Mir Banki

1992 - The dispute took a rather ugly turn on Dec 6, 1992 when the Babri Masjid was demolished during a political rally.

This led to riots in which over 2000 were killed.

The Liberhan commission was set up to probe the circumstances that led to the demolition.

2003 - The Archaeological Survey of India carried out excavation at the disputed site of Rama Janmabhumi - Babri Masjid from 12 Mar, 2003 to 7 Aug, 2003. The study reportedly found evidences of an ancient temple.

The ASI report noted that the remains had distinctive features found associated with the temples of north India .

2005 - On July 5, 2005, five terrorists attacked the site of the makeshift Ramlalla temple, in Ayodhya.

All the five terrorists were killed in the ensuing gunfight with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), guarding the area. The attack claimed life of one civilian, who died in a grenade blast that the terrorists triggered to breach a cordon wall.

2009 - In Nov 2009, some of the findings of the Liberhan commission was leaked to the media. These leaked reports indicted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders like LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

2010 -

THE FINAL VERDICT WILL COME ON 30 SEP, 2010.

Why this case is going On without any signs of

Ending it??

POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO

THIS CASE??