Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya in a restricted “Bhoomi Pujan” ceremony today. The event marks the beginning of the construction of a large Ram temple in the temple city.
In November of last year, the Supreme Court had paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple by a Trust at the disputed site of the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and ordered the Center to allocate alternative 5-acre land to the He gathers Sunni Waqf to build a new mosque in a “prominent” place in the holy city of Uttar Pradesh.
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Here is a timeline of the Ram Temple case:
# # 1528: Babri Masjid built by Mir Baqi, commander of Mughal Emperor Babur.
# # 1885: Mahant Raghubir Das files a statement in the Faizabad district court requesting permission to build a canopy outside the Babri Masjid structure. The court rejects the motive.
# # 1949: Ram Lalla’s idols placed under a central dome outside the disputed structure.
# # 1950: Gopal Simla Visharad files a lawsuit in the Faizabad district court for the rights to worship the idols of Ram Lalla.
# # 1950: Paramahansa Ramachandra Das files a lawsuit to continue worship and support idols.
# # 1959: Nirmohi Akhara files a lawsuit seeking possession of the site.
# # 1961: UP The Board of Sunq Central Waqf files a lawsuit for possession of the site.
# # February 1, 1986: The local court orders the government to open the site for the Hindu faithful. Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister when the decision was made.
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Ayodhya: flower-decorated streets on the eve of the Ram Mandir opening ceremony in the Hanumangarhi area of Ayodhya (PTI)
# # 1989: Bhagwan Shri Ramlalla Virjman in Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Ayodhya, Asthan Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Ayodhya file a title lawsuit represented by “next friend” Deoki Nandan Agarwala, a former judge of the Allahabad High Court
# # August 14, 1989: Allahabad HC ordered the maintenance of the status quo with respect to the disputed structure.
# # September 25, 1990: BJP leader LK Advani launches Rath Yatra from Somnath in Gujarat
# # December 6, 1992: Babri Masjid was demolished by karsevaks.
# # April 3, 1993: The “Acquisition of a certain area in the Ayodhya Law” was approved for the acquisition of land by the Center in the disputed area. Several court order petitions, including one by Ismail Faruqui, filed in Allahabad HC challenging various aspects of the Law. The Supreme Court, exercising its jurisdiction under Article 139A, transferred the court order petitions that were pending in the High Court.
# # October 24, 1994: SC says in the historic case of Ismail Faruqui that the mosque was not an integral part of Islam.
# # April 2002: HC begins to hear about determining who owns the disputed site.
# # March 13, 2003: SC says that, in the Aslam alias Bhure case, no religious activity of any nature will be allowed on the acquired land.
# # March 14: SC says that the approved provisional order must be operational until the civil lawsuits in Allahabad HC are eliminated to maintain community harmony.
# # September 30, 2010: The Allahabad High Court, in a 2: 1 majority, governs the tripartite division of the disputed area between the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.
# # May 9, 2011: SC maintains HC verdict on Ayodhya land dispute.
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Police officers pass by an image of the god Ram in Ayodhya (AP)
# # March 21, 2017: CJI JS Khehar suggests an out-of-court settlement between rival parties.
# # August 7th: SC forms a bench of three judges to hear pleas that challenge Allahabad HC’s 1994 verdict.
# # August 8: The UP Shia Central Waqf panel says the SC mosque could be built in a Muslim-dominated area within a reasonable distance from the disputed site.
# # 11 of September: SC orders the Chief Justice of the Allahabad HC to appoint two additional district judges within ten days as observers to take care of the maintenance of the disputed site.
# # November 20: The UP Shia Central Waqf board says that the SC temple can be built in Ayodhya and the mosque in Lucknow.
# # December 1st: Thirty-two civil rights activists file a statement challenging the 2010 Allahabad HC verdict.
# # February 8, 2018: SC begins to listen to civil appeals.
# # March 14: SC rejects all the provisional motives that seek to intervene as parties in the case.
# # 6 of April: Rajeev Dhavan files a petition in SC to refer the issue of reconsideration of the observations in his 1994 judgment to a larger bank.
# # July 20th: SC reserves the verdict.
# # September 27th: SC declines to refer the case to a constitutional court of five judges. The case will be heard by a bank of three just-constituted judges on October 29.
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Babri Masjid was demolished by karsevaks
# # October 29th: SC settles the case during the first week of January before an appropriate bank, which will decide the hearing schedule.
# # Dec. 24: SC decides to take petitions in case of hearing on January 4.
# # January 4, 2019: SC says an appropriate bank he has set up will approve an order Jan. 10 to set the date for the hearing in the title case.
# # January the 8th: SC establishes a Bank of the Constitution of five judges to hear the case headed by the President of the Supreme Court Ranjan Gogoi and composed of judges S A Bobde, N V Ramana, U U Lalit and D Y Chandrachud.
# # January 10 Judge U U Lalit challenges himself and asks SC to reschedule the hearing for January 29 before a new bank.
# # January 25 SC reconstitutes the 5-member Constitution Bank to hear the case. The new bank is made up of the chief justice, Ranjan Gogoi, and judges S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer.
# # January 29: Center moves to SC seeking permission to return the acquired 67-acre land around the disputed site to the original owners.
# # February 20th: SC decides to hear the case on February 26.
# # 26 of February: SC favors mediation, setting March 5 to order whether to refer the matter to the court-appointed mediator.
# # 6th of March: SC reserves the order of whether the land dispute can be resolved through mediation.
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Lighting of lamps at Ram ki Parri in Ayodhya
# # April 9th: Nirmohi Akhara objects to the Center’s request to return the land acquired around the Ayodhya site to the owners
# # May 9: Three-member mediation committee submits interim report to SC
# # July 18: SC allows mediation process to continue, seeks results report by August 1
# # August 1: Mediation report submitted in sealed cover to SC
# # 6th August: SC begins daily hearing on land dispute
# # October 16: SC concludes hearing; reservation order
# # November 9: The Supreme Court rules in favor of the Hindu side, paving the way for the construction of a Ram temple by a Trust on the disputed site and orders the Center to allocate alternative 5-acre land to the Sunni Waqf Board to build a new mosque in a “prominent” place Ayodhya
# # December 12th: The Supreme Court dismisses a batch of petitions seeking revision of its Ayodhya land dispute case verdict after failing to find merit
# # February 5, 2020: The Union Cabinet approves the creation of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust to monitor the construction of the Ram Temple on the site. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Lok Sabha.
# # February 24, 2020: Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board accepts the five acres allocated by the state government to build a mosque in Dhannipur village in Sohawal tehsil of Ayodhya
# # August 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya. Trust says the temple will be ready in six months to a year
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