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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Indianetzone - Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. Sep 05, 2026
Top questions added and article revised. Sep 26, 2025
Article revised to streamline information. Dec 12, 2024
Updated with the opening of the new temple, added a cross-reference. Jun 03, 2024
Added cross-references. Apr 19, 2024
Added cross-reference and tagging. Feb 12, 2024
Edited to update information on the consecration ceremony and to edit spellings for consistency. Feb 01, 2024
Subheads added. Jan 22, 2024
Updated information on the new Ram temple and the consecration ceremony on January 22, 2024. Jan 19, 2024
Map added. Jun 26, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Ayodhya / Ram-Mandir / Babri Masjid. Jan 26, 2023
Updated the discussion of the Babri Masjid. Nov 12, 2019
Updated the discussion of the dispute over the site of the Babri Mosque. Oct 21, 2019
Revised and expanded information concerning the destruction of the Babri Mosque and the investigative Liberhan commission. Jan 18, 2017
Population data updated. Aug 25, 2015
Characterizations "militant Hindus" and "Hindu fundamentalists" changed to "Hindu nationalists." Feb 24, 2010
Revised and updated article. Jan 06, 2009
Article revised and updated. Jan 06, 2009
Article revised. Mar 21, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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