Babri Masjid Demolition Anniversary: A Timeline Of Events From 1520's To 2020

2010: The Allahabad High Court ruled trifurcation of the 2.77-acre disputed land between UP Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla Virajman. The Supreme Court stayed the High Court order in 2011.

2018: The Supreme Court rejected all interim pleas, including that of Swamy, seeking to intervene as parties in the case. Advocate Rajeev Dhavan filed plea in the court requesting it to refer the issue of reconsideration of its 1994 judgement to a larger bench which is denied. The court forms a three-judge bench instead to hear the case.

1990: BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani started Rath Yatra from Gujrat to gather support for the temple. (Image courtesy: Praveen Jain)

1993: The Central government passed an Act to acquire land in and around the disputed site in Ayodhya. A year later, the Supreme Court ruled that the mosque is not integral to Islam. In 2002, the Allahabad High Court started hearing to adjudicate the ownership of the disputed site. A year later to this, the apex court barred any religious activity at the site. ( AFP IMAGE/ FILE)

1992: Karsewaks demolished Babri Mosque structure. This stirred nationwide valence and protests.

1981: Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board filed suit for possession of the site and removal of idols from the mosque. (Representational image/ PTI)

The Babri Masjid was demolished 28 years ago on December 6, 1992, by ‘kar sevaks’ who claimed that the structure was built on the site of an ancient Ram temple in Ayodhya. The demolition of mosque led to widespread Hindu-Muslim violence in the country for several years (Image courtesy: Praveen Jain)

August 5, 2020: Months after the Supreme Court's verdict paving the way for the construction of Ram Temple at the disputed Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid site at Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5 laid the foundation stone of the Mandir. (PTI05-08-2020_000082B)

February 5, 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed Parliament about approval for setting up the 'Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ trust. (PTI Photo) (PTI05-08-2020_000069B)

November 9, 2019: In its unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court awarded the disputed land to the Centre and instructed it to setup a trust within three months. The apex court while announcing the verdict, directed the Centre to allot an alternative five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a new mosque at a “prominent” place in UP. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)

October 2019: The court starting from August 6, heard the case on a day-to-day basis for 40 days and reserved its order on October 15. (File Photo/ Getty)

January 2019: Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi constituted a five-judge Constitutional Bench to hear the case. Following this, the court on March appointed a mediation panel headed by Judge (retd) FMI Kallifulla for an out-of-court settlement on March 8. (Source: PTI)

1949: Idol of Lord Ram, Goddess Sita found inside the mosque by unknown persons. Hindus call it divine appearance and start offering prayers. (Image courtesy: Praveen Jain)

Unfolding the pages of Indian history, it is learnt that the Babri Mosque was built by Mughal emperor Babur's commander Mir Baqi in 1528. More than 300 years later, Mahant Raghubir Das filed a petition in the Faizabad District Court, seeking permission to build raise a structure next to the mosque. The pleas was rejected in 1885. (Image courtesy: Praveen Jain)

1. December 6 remains the most controversial date in the history of India as the day marks the anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. Image (PTI)