The document provides details about the Ayodhya dispute in India, including a history of events. It discusses how in 1528, Babur's general Mir Baki Khan destroyed a Hindu temple in Ayodhya and constructed the Babri Mosque. This became the focal point of a political and religious conflict over whether a previous Hindu temple was demolished to build the mosque. In 1992, Hindu activists demolished the Babri Mosque, sparking riots. The Allahabad High Court verdict in 2010 divided the disputed land evenly among Hindus, Muslims and Nirmohi Akhara.

2. Contents:
Introduction
History
Demolition
Accused
Verdict
Conclusion

3. Introduction

4.  AYODHYA
 Ayodhya is situated in the city of Uttar Pradesh in north
India.
 It is a historical city that has been mentioned in the many
ages old Vedas and by travellers to the country from ancient
times.
 Ayodhya is known as the birth place of Sri Rama.
 Ayodhya been the birthplace of Sri Rama, hence many
millions of people believe it as a place of historical and
religious significance.
 It has been extensively recorded throughout the history of
Islam that wherever Islamic invaders went they attempted to
convert and supress the local religion and population.
 Many temples were destroyed and converted into Mosques.

5.  The Ayodhya dispute is a political, historical and religious
debate in India, it is on a plot of land in the city of
Ayodhya, situated in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh.
 Ayodhya is one of seven most holy places for Hindus in India.
 The main issue of the site is, it is traditionally regarded as the
birthplace of the Hindu god Rama, the location of Babri
Mosque at the site, and if a previous Hindu temple was
demolished or modified to create a mosque.
 The Babri Mosque was destroyed by Hindu activists during a
political rally which turned into a riot on December 6, 1992.
 Later a land case was lodged in the Allahabad High Court, the
verdict of which was pronounced on September 30, 2010.

6.  Why it all started?
 The Mughal Emperor Babur came from Kabul to invade India
in 1525, he defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the battle of Panipat and
also the Rajput King of Chittorgarh, Rana Sangram Singh.
 One of his generals, Mir Baki Khan visited Ayodhya in 1528
and in fact after destroying a pre-existing temple of Rama at
the site, built the “Janmasthan” i.e. "Birthplace" Mosque.
 The General Mir Baki Khan named it the “Babri Mosque”.
 The Babri Mosque was one of the largest mosques in Uttar
Pradesh, a state in north India with around 31 million
Muslims.

8. 1528: The Babri Masjid built by Mir Baqi, a nobleman of Babur‟s
court
1855: The Hanumangarhi episode. Hindu-Muslim conflict as a
consequence of an attempt by Muslims under the leadership of Shah
Gulam Hussain to oust the Hindu Bairagis from the Hanumangarhi
temple on the grounds that the temple had supplanted the mosque. The
Muslims were deafeated. The dispute was not over the Babri Masjid.
30 Nov 1857: Maulvi Muhammad Asghar of the Masjid submits a
petition to the magistrate complaining that the Bairagis have built
a chabutra close to mosque ( similar complaints are made in 1860, 1877,
1883 and 1884)
.

9. 1859: The British Government erects a fence to seprate
the places of worship of the Hindus and the Muslims.
The Hindus are to enter from the East gate and the
Muslims from the North
1949:22-23rd December: In the night ,the idol of Rama
was installed by the Hindus inside the mosque. The
Government proclaims the premises as disputed area
and locks the gates.
1951:3rd March: The Civil Judge orders that the idols
should remain. The High Court confirms this order on
26 April 1955

10. 1984:7 and 8 April: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) sponsored
Dharma Sansad in a session at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi gives call to
liberate the Ramjanamabhumi.To create national awareness in support of
the liberation of the Bhumi the VHP organizes a rath-yatra of Sri Rama
Janaki Virajman on a motorized chariot from Bihar 25 Sept 1984 to reach
Ayodhya on 6 October 1984. But Indira Gandhi‟s assassination later that
month leads to a suspension of the yatra.
March: The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) is formed. This
is followed by a countrywide Muslim „mourning‟.1986
1990October: A rath-yatra, from Somnath to Ayodhya led by the BJP
leaders start.
The BJP withdraws support to the Janata Dal Governmet.In the
Shilanyas procession and the kar seva on 30th October performed amidst
tight security, several people are killed and injured in the police action.

11. October 1992: Commissioner SP Gaur Faizabad was of the
perception that the call for Karseva given by VHP was for
construction of temple on 2.77 acres acquired land and at the
disputed site. He sought appropriate directions for security of the
disputed structure in view of these changed circumstances. A
reminder was sent by him on the 14th October.
An assurance was given by the state to the Supreme Court that no
construction would be carried out in the acquired land.
Bal Thackeray took a decision on 25th October 1992 to participate
in the Karseva. It was announced that this was not going to be a
mere symbolic Karseva, but the actually Karseva at the spot by
construction of temple.
On 29th October, the negotiations collapsed.

12. September 1990

13. In September 1990, BJP leader
L. K. Advani started Rath
Yatra, a tour of the country to
educate the masses about the
Ayodhya struggle.

14. December 1992

15. On 6 December 1992, the BJP and other
supporting organizations organized a religious
ceremony to symbolically start the building of a
temple at the sacred site. A crowd of about
150,000 people had assembled to witness the
ceremonies, including speeches by BJP leaders
L. K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi

16. December 1992
The day of Symbolic Puja.
More than 2 lakh people reached Ayodhya.
This was the day when the BABRI MASJID was
demolished.

17. The Karsevaks‟s assault on the disputed structure
started around 12:15 p.m.
The Karsevaks‟s succeeded in pulling down the
first dome at 1:55 p.m.
Communal Riots had commenced at Ayodhya at
about 3.30 p.m. Riots were carried out by another
group of Karsevaks that i.e. one group of
Karsevaks who were carrying out the demolition.

18. Houses of the Muslims were put on fire.
The construction of a temporary make-shift
temple commenced at about 7.30pm
through Karseva.

20. Accused People
The Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that probed the
1992 razing of the Babri mosque found 68 people
culpable for leading the country to the brink of
communal discord.
The names (in the order given by commission):

21. Atal Bihari
Vajpayee, BJP:
served as the eleventh Prime Minister of
India. After a brief stint as Prime Minister in
1996. There are at least 22 references to Mr
Vajpayee in the over 1029-page Liberhan
Commission report.

22. Balasaheb Thackeray, Shiv
Sena:
is the founder and Chief of the Shiv Sena, a
Hindu extremist, Marathi ethnocentric and
populist party based in Indian state of
Maharashtra.

23. Kalyan Singh, BJP: (C.M.)
He has served two times as the Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh.He first became the chief minister of
Uttar Pradesh in June 1991. His government was
dismissed by Central Government on 6th December
1992 after the demolition of Babri Masjid. He again
served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh between
September 1997 and November 1999.

24. L.K. Advani, BJP:
L.K.Advani began his political career when he joined the
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.) in 1942. In
1947, he became Secretary, RSS, Karachi.Advani became
a member of the Bhartiya Jana Sangh. Between 1980 and
86, Advani was General Secretary and leader of newly
formed Bhartiya Janata Party in Rajya Sabha.

25. Uma Bharti, VHP:
She was the Chief
Minister of Madhya
Pradesh from 8th
December 2003 to 23rd
Aug 2004.Firstly, in
November 2004, she was
suspended from the BJP.
Pramod Mahajan, BJP:
He was one of the most
powerful second generation
leaders of the BJP. Mahajan
was a member of the RSS
since childhood. He became
Secretary of BJP from 1983
to 1986.

26. Some more accused people:
 Braham Dutt Divedi, BJP, Revenue Minister, Uttar
Pradesh.
 Kalraj Mishra, BJP.
 Lalji Tandon, BJP.
 Mahant Paramhans Ram Chander Dass, VHP.
 Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP.
 Satish Pradhan, Shiv Sena.
 R.K. Gupta, BJP, Finance Minister, Uttar Pradesh.
 R.N. Shrivastava, District Magistrate, Faizabad.

27. Verdict on Ayodhya Dispute
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday
Sep 30, 2010 gave its verdict on the Babri
Masjid case in Ayodhya.
The 3-bench ruled by a majority verdict
that the disputed land in be divided equally
into three parts among:
•Hindus
•Muslims and
•Nirmohi Akhara.

30. Justice S .U. Khan:
The disputed structure was constructed as mosque
by or under orders of Babar.
It is not proved by direct evidence that premises in
dispute including constructed portion belonged to
Babar or the person who constructed the mosque or
under whose orders it was constructed.
No temple was demolished for constructing the
mosque.

31. Justice Sudhir Agarwal:
It is declared that the area covered by
the central dome of the three domed
structure, i.e., the disputed structure
being the deity of Bhagwan Ram
Janamsthan and place of birth of Lord
Rama as per faith and belief of the
Hindus, belong to plaintiffs (Suit-5) and
shall not be obstructed or interfered in
any manner by the defendants.

34. CONCLUSION

37. Ayodhya issue cannot be confined to the
geographical limits of ayodhya. The issue has cast a
shadow and has had consequences on the national life
of india as a whole.
6 December 1992- The day which is regarded as
“The Black Day” among the Muslim community, The
day which further deteriorated the relationship
between Hindus and Muslims in India, The day
which led to communal fights and tension across
India.
The issue started to emotionally exploit the
emotions of common man for electorial gains.

38. The issue was started to emotionally exploit the
emotions of common man for electoral gains.
Political parties made the intelligent use of
selected fragments for history, interconnected with
certain events and putforth a new issue
“DEMOLITION OF BABRI MASJID”.
 “Maarenge mar jaayenge par mandir wahi
banayenge “ broke the country into pieces. Indians
were divided by this one slogan.

39. BLAME GAME
1. What if Rajiv Gandhi had‟nt unlocked the gates
of Babri in 1986?
2.Are the extremists to be blamed??? The Liberhan
Report on the Demolition in brief brings out the
criminal culpability of the Sangh Parivar in clear
terms.
3.P.V. Narsimha Rao ignored the daily IB
briefings.Was he that naïve for he went away to
africa during critical time.
4.Security measures and other arrangements weren‟t
enough to control the karsevaks.

40. For there are no answers.Liberhan commission
report failed to punish the culprits and no-one
was arrested.
Events that followed this controversy shook
the whole world.
Mumbai Riots in 1992 followed by Godhra in
2002 made a crack in the unity and left a huge
impact on Hindu and Muslims .
The dream of Hindu-Muslim unity still
continues to be a dream even after the 64yrs of
independence.

41. The ayodhya campaign did not enjoy the
willing and the voluntary support of the
common person, even of the average hindu.
Rather it was a disgrace on both the
communities i.e hindu as well as muslims.
Can anyone answer what achievement was
achieved by this demolition?
The foreign rulers sowed the seeds of
disharmony among the certain sections of
society and years after that we still have to
bear the brunt.

42.  For the identity and ego of one religion you
cannot attack or break the identity and faith of
another religion.How fair is that?
 Religion is suppose to unite us.For all religion
preaches the same thing that there is higher
power.But who has the right to claim that which
one of them is superior???.
 For in this Hindustan as we call it, we have
embraced secularism.
 How can a piece of land, divide billions of
Indians? There seems to be no end for this
episode.

43. • For all we are same, just divided by religions
and borders.Its on us what to choose Peace or
bloodshed??.

44. Thank You
Presentation by:
Gitika Mahadik
Ankita Gharat
Bhavik Haria
Durgesh Khule
Amogh Kokate
Survesh Rawat