The Ayodhya dispute has been an emotive issue for decades and mired in a slew of legal suits involving Hindu and Muslim religious groups. Following is the history, chronology and timeline of the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid issue till the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday delivered its verdict on the Ayodhya title suit.
* 1528: A mosque is built on the site by Mughal emperor Babar which Hindus claim is the birth place of Lord Ram and that a temple had existed there earlier.
* 1853: First recorded incidents of communal violence at the disputed site take place.
* 1859: British officials erect a fence to separate the places of worships, allowing the inner court to be used by Muslims and the outer court by Hindus.
* 1885: The first suit was filed by Mahant Raghubir, seeking permission to build a temple on Ram Chabootra, but the petition was dismissed by the Faizabad district court a year later.
* 1949: Idol of Lord Ram surfaces inside mosque. Muslims claim that it was kept there by Hindus.
Muslims protest, and both parties file civil suits. The government proclaims the premises a disputed area and locks the gates.
* January 18, 1950: The first title suit filed by Gopal Singh Visharad asking for the right to worship the idols installed at 'Asthan Janmabhoomi'. The court restrained the removal of idols and allowed the worship to continue.
* April 24, 1950: The State of UP appeals against the injunction order.
* 1950: Ramchandra Paramhans files another suit, but withdraws later.
* 1959: Nirmohi Akhara enters the fray and files the third suit, seeks possession of the site, doing away with the court-appointed receiver. It claims itself to be the custodian of the spot at which Ram was supposedly born.
* December 18, 1961: UP Sunni Central Board of Waqfs moves in to claim possession of the mosque and adjoining land.
* 1964: All four suits filed consolidated in one title suit.
* 1986: On a plea of Hari Shanker Dubey, a district judge directs Masjid gates to be unlocked to allow 'darshan'.
Muslims set up Babri Masjid Action Committee.
* 1989: A fresh suit is filed by former VHP vice-president Deoki Nandan Agarwala in the name of Lord Ram for declaration of the title and possession in its favour at the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC.
* October 23, 1989: All the four suits, pending before a Faizabad court transferred to a special bench of the HC.
* 1989: VHP lays foundations of a Ram temple on land adjacent to the disputed mosque.
* 1992: The Babri mosque was demolished, resulting in widespread riots across the country.
* Jan, 1993: After the demolition, the then President Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma sent a single-point reference under Article 143 to the Supreme Court to decide whether a Hinduon wh temple existed in the area ich the structure stood.
* Oct 1994: The Supreme Court declines to answer the Presidential Reference and returns it.
* Jul 2010: The Allahabad High Court wraps up title suit hearing, set September 24 as the verdict date.
* Sept 22, 2010: A retired bureaucrat, Ramesh Chandra Triparthi, approaches Supreme Court seeking deferment of the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit.
* Sep 23, 2010: A day ahead of the Allahabad High Court verdict, the Supreme Court stays the Allahabad High Court judgment for one week.
* Sep 27, 2010: After petitioner Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, another key party in the matter, Nirrmohi Akhara, said it would move the Supreme Court for postponement of the judgment for three months to facilitate an out-of-court amicable settlement.
* Sep 28, 2010: The Supreme Court rejects the deferment plea, paving way for the Allahabad High Court to pronounce its verdict on the title suit.
* Sept 30: The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court has delivered its verdict on Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case and said that the disputed land at Ayodhya will be divided equally between all three parties – the Wakf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lala Virajman.
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