Saturday, 9 November 2019

TIMELINE-Indian court hands disputed site to Hindus; Muslim group unhappy

TIMELINE-Indian court hands disputed site to Hindus; Muslim group unhappyIndia's Supreme Court on Saturday awarded a Hindu group the ownership of a centuries-old religious site also claimed by Muslims in a case that has caused deep divisions and deadly riots between the two communities. 1528 - The mosque in Ayodhya, in what is now India's biggest state of Uttar Pradesh, was built by Mughal emperor Babur, according to documents produced by Muslim groups in court. 1949 - Muslim groups accuse government officials of conniving with Hindu monks to place an idol of an infant Lord Ram in the grounds of the mosque.




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