1947
A local court designates the Sunni Waqf Board, rather than the Shia Waqf Board, as having au🀅thority over the Babri Masjid.
1949
Idols p𝓰laced inside the mosque sparking a dispute. Both parties file civil suits. The court orders locking the gates, citing the matter as sub judice.
December 22, 1949
District Magistrate K K Nayar declines to remove idols of Ram placed inside the mosque by Hindu Mahasabha member🌜s. The mosque comes under lock and key, initiating a legal batꦛtle.
1950
Muslim and Hindu parties file suits in the Faizabad court, requesting permission for namaz and prayers. An interim injunction allows a pujari, but 𒆙forbids entry to others.
1959
Nirmohi Akhara, led by Mahant Bhaskar Das, files a suit asking for pujas to be conducted on൩ the disputed site.
1961
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board files a suit asking fo🔜r Muslims to be allowed to pray in the mosque.
1981
The Sunni board files for possession of the site.
1984
L K Advani leads the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, boos🦋t♏ing the BJP’s prominence. The gates of the Babri Masjid are unlocked, sparking protests.
1989
The Allahabad High Court orders maintenance♎ of status quo. The﷽ Rajiv Gandhi government permits the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) to perform shilanyas on the disputed land.
September 25, 1990
Advani l♏aunches the Rath Yatra, and is arrested later. Communal clashes erupt.
October 30, 1990, and November 2, 1990
The Uttar Pradesh police fires upon the kar sevaks when they gather near the Ram Janmabhoomi site and start approaching the campus of the Babri Masjᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ🌃ᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚid.
1991
The BJP becomes the second-largest party in the Lok Sabha. Kalyan Singh heads the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh.
December 6, 1992
Babri Masjid is demolished, leading to communal violence. FIRs are filed agඣainst kar sevaks and le𓆉aders including Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti.
December 8, 1992
Muslims ✱in Pakistan attack Hindu temp🐈les in protest.
December 16, 1992
The Liberhan Commission is established to investigate the ca൩se.
1993
The Narasimha Rao government acquires the land around the Babri Masjꦗid. Charges are filed against Advani and others.
1994
The Supreme Court finds Kalyan Singh guilty.
2001
The special CBI court drops charges against Advani and others.
2002
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee initiates ta♕lks. The Allahabad High Court 🐲directs excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
2003
The ASI reports evidence of a 10th century temple beneath the mosqu💎e. T𝐆he CBI special court orders trial against seven Hindutva leaders.
November 2004
An ✨Uttar Pradesh coꩵurt reviews earlier order exonerating Advani.
July 5, 2005
Lashkar-e-Taiba ter𒀰rorists attack the Ram Janmabhoomi complex.
June 30, 2009
The Liberhan Commission impli🅘cates BJP and VHP leaders.
May 9, 2011
The S💟upreme Court suspends the ruling of the Allahabad High Court.
2016
Subramanian Swamy files a ple💮a for Ram temple construction.
2017
Advani, Joshi, and Uma Bharti face charge🌌s. Trial is ordered to be completed in two years.
2018
The ♌Supreme Court hears civil appeals in a title dispute.
2019
A Constဣitution Bench is formed to hear the title dispute. Primary Muslim litigant offers to drop appeals.
November 9, 2019
The Supreme Court grants disputed land to Hindu parties and al🐲locates five acres in Dhannipur village of Faizabad to the Sunni Waqf Boardꦑ.
February 5, 2020
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approves the establishment of the Shri Ram Janmabhoo🔯mi Teerth Kshetra Trust. This trust is tasked with overseeing the construction of the Ram temple at the historic sit🃏e in Ayodhya. Modi officially announces this development in the Lok Sabha, marking a significant step towards the realisation of a longstanding cultural and religious aspiration.
February 24, 2020
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board accepts land allocation of five acres from the state government. This la🐼nd is designated for the construc𝐆tion of a mosque.
May 8, 2020
The Supreme Court extends trial completion time.
August 5, 2020
Modi, in a momentous event, lays the foundation stone for the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The ceremony marks a symbolic and historic milestone🅺, s⛎ignifying the beginning of the actual construction process.
September 30, 2020
The specꦐial CBI court acquits all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid de♔molition case.
January 22, 2024
Date set for Modi to officially i🅺naugura🌄te the temple in Ayodhya.
(Compiled by Vikram Raj)
(This appeared in the print as 'Making Of A Milestone')
