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Babri Masjid

1528–1992 · 16th century

The Babri Masjid was a mosque in Ayodhya in northern India, built in 1528–1529 under the Mughal emperor Babur. Many Hindus believed it stood on the birthplace of the god Rama, and a long campaign by Hindu nationalist organisations culminated on 6 December 1992 in its demolition by a large crowd, followed by riots in which about 2,000 people died. In 2019 the Supreme Court awarded the site for a Hindu temple.

Babri Masjid
Image: Samuel Bourne[1][2] (1834–1912) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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