Babri Masjid demolition: A collection of stories from The Hindu

In 1992, the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was razed by a mob, paving the way eventually for the grand Ram temple currently at the site.

After a hotly-contested and prolonged legal battle, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on November 9, 2019, handed over 2.77 acres of land, which was at the centre of a long legal scrutiny, to a trust for the construction of a Ram temple at the site and allotted five acres of land at a “prominent site” in Ayodhya for the mosque.

On the 33rd anniversary of the mosque demolition, we look back at the watershed moment through various reports, explainers, editorials, eyewitness accounts and opinion pieces published in The Hindu over the years.