Anyone with such experiences could have been expected to turn fundamentalist. For the town in Burkina Faso, see Babri, Burkina Faso. [48] Both Bombay and Daivanamathi won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration at the respective National Film Awards. Shortly after the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, and another wave of carnage that came in its train, Advani wrote that if the Muslims were to identify themselves with the concept of Hindutva there would not be any reason for riots to take place (The Times of India, January 30, 1993). Let us go back in time and see when the Babri Masjid related attacks against the Hindu minority of Bangladesh began. After Babri riots, many women sent bangles to Dawood Ibrahim: Rakesh Maria Former Commissioner of Mumbai Police Rakesh Maria tells all in his new book ‘Let Me Say It Now’, including how the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts were planned. He nodded and directed me to a large group of men standing at a distance. Subsequently, for five days, till December 10, 1992, and later from January 6 to 21 in 1993, Bombay was rocked by riots and violence which claimed 900 lives and left 2,036 persons injured. In the matter of a few hours the mosque was razed to the ground. Babri Masjid (IAST : Bābarī Masjid; meaning Mosque of Babur) was a mosque in Ayodhya, India, at a site believed by many Hindus to be the birthplace of Hindu deity Rama. But Shaheen Kadri is anything but that. Share page. Babri Masjid case study: The Timeline. [38] The Dhaka office of Air India was stormed and destroyed. [4][5] Archaeological evidence has been found of a structure pre-dating the mosque. The mob set upon the building with axes, hammers, and grappling hooks, and within a few hours, the entire structure, made from mud and chalk, was levelled. This way you will be safe," the functionary told me. The claim that the mosque stood on the site of a temple was first made in 1822, by an official of the Faizabad court. The destruction of the Babri Mosque sparked Muslim outrage around the country, provoking several months of inter-communal riotingin which Hindus and Muslims attacked one another, burning and looting homes, shops and places of worship. In 1984 around 3,000 Sikhs were killed in New Delhi after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and another 8,000 around the country. [33] The special court judge said, "The demolition was not pre-planned. The judgment in the 28-year-old case involving the demolition of the Babri masjid wil be delivered on September 30. No appeal was made to the Kar Sevaks not to enter the sanctum sanctorum or not to demolish the structure. Around 2,000 people were killed across India in riots that followed the demolition. Babri Masjid was built under the rule of Mughal Emperor Babur Source: Dailyhunt 1885: Mahant Raghubir Das filed a plea in Faizabad district court seeking permission to build a canopy outside the disputed site and the Court rejected the plea. [27] According to the report, the events of 6 December 1992, in Ayodhya were "neither spontaneous nor unplanned". 6 December 2017. [14] Several of the BJP leaders were taken into custody, and the VHP was briefly banned by the government. [38], At its summit meeting in Abu Dhabi, the Gulf Cooperation Council strongly condemned the Babri Masjid demolition. [42] In Al-Ain, 250 km east of Abu Dhabi, angry mobs set fire to the girls wing of an Indian school. The masjid was constructed on top of a small hill, Ramkot. It adopted a resolution which described the act as a "crime against Muslim holy places." Reading the 2,300-page judgment in the Babri Masjid demolition case, acquitting all accused of a conspiracy to demolish the mosque and spark communal riots, leaves any thinking person with only one question: How to square the “reality” presented in the judgment with the reality witnessed through one’s own eyes? It further said that the sabotage was planned several months in advance by Vishva Hindu Parishad and Shiv Sena, but not jointly. There was a lingering air of gloom and disbelief at what had happened. However, around noon, a young man managed to slip past the cordon and climb the structure itself, brandishing a saffron flag. Hundreds died in the reactionary rioting. Here, he shares his pictures and tells his story of that day. Their homes were set ablaze and their lives granulated. Among its member states, Saudi Arabia severely condemned the act. [16] Anju Gupta, a police officer who had been in charge of Advani's security on that day, stated that Advani and Joshi made speeches that contributed to provoking the behaviour of the mob. The riots that followed killed nearly 2,000 people. The demolition resulted in several months of intercommunal rioting between India's Hindu and Muslim communities, causing the death of at least 2,000 people. Just after noon, the crowd turned violent and charged at the policemen and volunteers guarding the mosque. Babri Masjid Demolition 2020: On the commemoration of the destruction of Babri Masjid, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) boss Asaduddin Owaisi has tweeted and requested that his allies remind their contemporaries that for more than 400 years Babri Masjid remained in Ayodhya. Kalyan Singh, who was then the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, also faced severe criticism in the report. 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