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Efforts on by Indus to liberate disputed site in Ayodhya
New Delhi, May 26: Asserting that the disputed site in Ayodhya was the birth place of Lord Rama, the Centre today told the Liberhan Commission that continued effort by Hindus to liberate it either by way of struggle or negotiations and litigations have been on even during the existence of the mosque there.
That is why the whole structure assumed the name Ram-Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid Complex, he claimed.
Continuing its final arguments, the Centre maintained the
sequence of events on the dispute dates back to 1528 when Mir
Baqi, the Commander of Mughal emperor Babar built the mosque
after invading India. Since then there has been relentless
struggle by the Hindus to regain the possession of the place,
Gupta said.
He said Centre's April 1993 white paper on Ayodhya
establishes that the dispute on the structure had led to the
communal riots in 1934 between Hindus and Muslims causing
large-scale damage to it which was repaired by the British
government and cost of repair was recovered by imposing
punitive tax on the Hindus.
Bureau Report