Babri Masjid was a mosque in Ayodhya, India On 6 December 1992, a large group of Hindu activists belonging to the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organizations demolished the mosque, triggering riots all over India, killing around 2,000 people, many of them Muslim. The existence of the Ram Temple itself is a matter of controversy as there was no proof or written document about the existence of Ram Temple in the place of Babri Masjid. Let's take a look at the history of Babri Masjid and the controversy about Babri Masjid or Ram Janmavhumi. Table of contents “If the Babri Masjid was not demolished, and Hindus went to court saying that Ram was born there, would the court have ordered it to be demolished?” Justice A.K. Ganguly asked, adding, “[The court] would not have directed it.” The Babri Mosque, upper left, in the 18th century. From William Hodges ' Select Views in India in the Years 1780–1783