Mosque Demolished: Ayodhya Ignites Religious Violence
Extremist Hindu activists demolished the sixteenth-century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, igniting four days of deadly communal riots that killed over two thousand people and fractured national unity for decades. This act transformed a centuries-old legal dispute into an immediate, violent flashpoint that reshaped India's political landscape and intensified religious polarization across the subcontinent.
December 6, 1992
34 years ago
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