*Ø* Blogmanac | Archaeologists claim to find nearly 1,000-year-old temple beneath Babri Masjid

Site of demolished mosque still disputed by Muslims and Hindus

“Hyderabad, Aug 25. (PTI): While the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) today said that it had found features of a temple at the Babri Masjid site, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) alleged that these findings were ‘without any basis’.

"ASI's findings have been ‘concocted’ at the instance of the Vajpayee Government and particularly under ‘pressure’ from Union ministers Jagmohan and Murli Manohar Joshi, the AIMPLB claimed."

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This report concerns the long-lasting dispute between Muslim and Hindu claims to 'ownership' of the site of the Babri Masjid mosque in India. On December 6, 1992, a mob of up to one million Hindu extremists tore down the mosque, stone by stone.

Timeline of the Babri Masjid mosque from a Muslim website
More on the mosque from the samewebsite
Report by BBC journalist, Mark Tully, who was present at the mosque's demolition
View on the controversy from a Hindu website

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Every civil building connected with Mahommedan tradition should be levelled to the ground without regard to antiquarian veneration or artistic predilection.
British Prime Minister Palmerston in a letter to Lord Canning, Viceroy of India, October 9, 1857, Canning Papers