Demolition Of The Babri Masjid
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Deaths | 2,000 (including ensuing riots) |
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Perpetrators | Vishva Hindu Parishad |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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ID | 1403036 |
About Demolition Of The Babri Masjid
On 6 December 1992, a large group of Hindu activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organisations demolished the 16th-century Babri Mosque in the city of Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh. The demolition occurred after a political rally organised by Hindu nationalist organisations at the site turned violent.