Ram Mandir case, India's second longest-running case, which has been going on for the past 500 years, you know, this case was solved in just 40 days on the basis of some evidences. After all, what were the evidences? The evidences that were presented in court in just 40 days, this historical and controversial case was solved forever.
And that too, the Supreme Court, on the exact date of 14th October 2019, said in its first hearing, that we will finally conclude this case on this day. Well, the reasons behind this are quite interesting. It was possible only because of two strong evidences.
And mind you, in these evidences, there are also such evidences in which even the Mughals and Britishers have openly accepted that yes, there was historically Ram Mandir there. So finally, because of these evidences, Ram Mandir was solved. But the opposition and many media reports also believe that this is a total waste of the country's money.
In fact, Bihar's Deputy CM Tejasvi Yadavji said that the temple was a waste of money. When you are hungry, when you are sick, where will a person go? In the temple.
On the contrary, you have to donate to the temple. If you are hungry, you have to go to the temple. You have to donate there.
Basically, he says that the government has wasted money in making the temple. The government has wasted money in making the temple. But the government has also said that the government has wasted money in making the temple.
But do you know, the interesting fact is that the government has not spent even a single rupee in making this temple. Now, if you say, then it must have been made with the money of donation. No, even the donation hasn't spent a single rupee here.
So how did Ram Mandir get made? Well, the Ram Mandir Trust has used a simple but very effective strategy, which I will discuss later. And that is why you have to watch the video till the end.
Because to understand all this, we have to start the story from the beginning. We have to understand all this to understand the whole legal journey of 500 years. I will simplify the whole thing in just 5 minutes and I am sure that after watching this video, you must have understood the Ram Mandir case from start to end.
So for the proper clarity of this case, I have divided this whole Ram Mandir Janmabhoomi Court case into 3 major timelines. So let's start with the first timeline which is 1528-1947. So in the year 1528, Mughal King Babur ordered his commander Mir Baqi to break the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and build a mosque there.
And after breaking the Ram Mandir, the mosque that was built was named Babri Masjid. But according to many literary sources, the locals of Babri Masjid, outside the same place which is called Ram Chabutra, used to worship Lord Ram there. Regarding this, there are many small riots there.
Historically, they have happened because of course, both the religions are worshiping in the same place. But between 1853 and 1859, in these 6 years, these riots started to become more and more violent. So violent that for so many years, the British government had to intervene in this too, ignoring this issue.
So the British government first took control of the Babri Ram Mandir area. Then they signed a peace agreement between the two parties. They divided the Mandir area into two parts.
First, Babri Masjid was built. The Muslim part was given to the Muslims. And the other part, which was Sita Rasoi and Ram Chabutra, was given to the Hindus.
Where the Hindus used to already worship. And between both sides, they did fencing. Now, people were not happy with this settlement too.
Especially the Hindus. Because according to them, if it was like this, then it would mean that the Hindus will have to worship the Lord in an open field. But this is not possible.
And that is why, from the perspective of the Hindus, this was more of a compromise than a peace agreement. And that is why, there were still conflicts there. In fact, some small legal cases were also fought there.
But after the independence of the country, there was a big turning point in this conflict. On 23rd December 1949, some people built the idol of Lord Ram in the middle of the Babri Masjid. And from the next day, people started to worship there too.
This started a major conflict between the two parties again. Now, this conflict was so violent that the UP government had to completely seal that site. And after that, entry into the Ram Janma Bhoomi was banned for everyone.
Now, this ban was imposed in December 1949. After 12 days of this, i. e.
on 5th January 1950, Mahant Ram Chandra Das ji filed a case in the Faizabad court, that his right to worship, this fundamental right, is being violated. Now, this case was going on in the court. In 1959, Nirmohi Akhara, who is a national organization of Hindu Sadhus, filed a case saying that the possession of the land of Ayodhya should be given to them for worship.
And in 1961, to counter this, the Sunni Waqf Board filed a court case from the Muslim side. Their claim was that they should get this land because there was a mosque on this land. So, the Waqf Board became the original owners of this land.
All in all, there were small cases regarding this issue. But, majorly, in the court, there were now two Hindu parties and one Muslim party. And both sides wanted to build their religious grounds there.
And then, years passed in this same mess. The fight continued in the court, but no decision was made. But, in 1985, a powerful organization of Vishwa Hindu Parishad entered this case.
They also filed a case in the Faizabad court for Ram Mandir. After which, the Faizabad court clapped all the cases related to Ram Mandir together, and filed a joint verdict. According to which, in 1986, the court gave permission to the Hindus to worship at the same place.
Now, naturally, the other side got angry with this verdict of the court. And reacting to this, they formed a group, the Babri Action Committee. This group challenged the court case decision.
And again, filed a court case. Then, in the retaliation of this new court case, in 1989, another Hindu organization, Ram Lalla Viraj Mahan, also filed a case. So, till now, there were four main petitioners on the Hindu side.
And two main petitioners on the Muslim side. And till now, this battle was going on intensely in the court. But, in the beginning of 1990, this battle came out of the court and unfortunately, came on the streets.
So, something happened. In 1990, a big leader, L. K.
Advani ji, took out a chariot journey from Somnath, Gujarat to Ayodhya. In this journey, people from across the country were joining in the number of lakhs. Now, as soon as this chariot journey reached Ayodhya, the situation there became very tense.
And looking at this situation, In 1991, the UP government took control of this entire Ram Janmabhoomi land in their own hands and sealed the area. So, yes, once again, for the second time in history, the Babri Ram Janmabhoomi land was sealed and the entry was banned there. But this time, its impact was going to be very dangerous.
So, after this ban, it happened that on 6th December 1992, thousands of people from across the country gathered in Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi. And they demolished the Babri Masjid. This move was basically a ripple effect of the government's entry ban.
Now, as soon as this happened, there were communal riots all over the country. And the infamous Mumbai serial bomb blast of 1992 was also a reaction to this. This is the same bomb blast in which Underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim's major hand was involved.
Even after this, this issue did not calm down. In the coming years, many such riots continued to take place all over the country. In which, in 2002, the Indian state of India was the first to take a stand against this.
And the infamous Godhra riots were the most major. Now, after the demolition of Babri, the ruling and opposition parties of the country tried to mediate between both sides. But no side wanted to compromise.
And all those attempts were unsuccessful. During this time, in 2002, the Ram Janmabhoomi case was transferred to Allahabad High Court by the Faizabad court. The three bench judges of Allahabad High Court gave orders to the Archaeological Survey of India to survey the site.
And they were asked to find out whether there was a temple there or not. After a few years of investigation, the survey of the ASI was completed. And they handed over their report to the High Court.
In 2010, Allahabad High Court referred this ASI report and gave a prominent verdict. The court said that according to the ASI, the evidences they have received there, it can be decided that the Ram temple was actually present on that land. But this issue did not end here after the court's decision.
It was just the beginning. Allahabad High Court decided to divide the land into three parts. As you can see in this map, the first land part, where the idol of Lord Ram was, was given to Ram Lalla Virajman.
The second part, which is Sita Rasoi, Bhandara and Ramchaputra, was given to Kodirmohi Akhada. And the remaining land was given to the Sunni Waqf Board. But once again, no side wanted to compromise.
The court was not happy with the High Court's orders. And that's why this time, all the parties appealed directly to the Supreme Court of India. And at this point, for the first time in the history of Ram Janma Bhoomi, the Supreme Court enters the Supreme Court.
As soon as the appeal went to the Supreme Court, they put the verdict of Allahabad High Court on hold. But for many years, no hearing was made in this case. But then in 2016, a prominent lawyer of the country entered the Supreme Court, Subramanian Swamiji.
Subramanian Swamiji also appealed to the Supreme Court. He filed a case for the Ram Mandir in the Supreme Court. And after filing his case, only in one year, 32 new appeals were filed in the Supreme Court.
Due to this pressure, the Supreme Court said that a hearing will definitely start on the Ram Janma Bhoomi case from 2019. And after one year, finally, that day came. On 8th January 2019, the Supreme Court appointed a bench of 5 judges to hear this case.
This judgment was going to be historic. Because not only was a 500 year old case going to be solved, but the Supreme Court used a unique strategy called the Moulding Relief Principle to solve this case. In the Moulding Relief Principle, the courts basically asked both parties that what exactly they will get if they agree that they will get justice.
The same happened in this case. The Supreme Court asked both sides that what they will get if they end this case here. Both sides submitted their demands on this.
After which, the Supreme Court said that in the next 40 days, the Supreme Court will give the final verdict of the case that has been going on for 500 years. Now, I know, you must be thinking that what were the proofs that made this case end in just 40 days. Well, these proofs were apparently so strong that the judges had to give their judgment in the favor of the Ram Mandir.
Now, to understand these proofs properly, we have completed a deep analysis of the Ayodhya verdict of the Supreme Court's 1045 pages. After which, we came to know that in order to win the Ayodhya case, the major role of the ASI's evidence was to produce. So, the ASI presented a total of 533 evidences to the Supreme Court.
Now, it is not possible to explain every piece of evidence in this video. But, what were the main evidences that made the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya today? To explain this to you easily, let's go through the main evidences of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
We will divide all these evidences into two categories. First category is Excavation. And the second category is Literary Sources.
Now, let's talk about Excavation first. The Supreme Court has considered these five major proofs as prominent for the Ayodhya verdict. Proof number one.
Vishnu Hari Inscription. This is the Vishnu Hari Inscription Stone. Which the ASI found at the bottom of Babri Masjid.
This inscription stone had a total of 20 lines of Hindu verses written in it. When the ASI read it, it was clearly mentioned in the 19th line of this inscription that this is the temple of the king who killed the demon with ten heads. Now, I know that there is no need to explain this to anyone.
Who was that demon with ten heads? And who was the king who killed him? And that is why the Supreme Court has considered this proof as prominent.
Proof number two. Hindu Bell in a Mosque. Look at this.
This bell was tied to the pillar of the mosque. Shocking, right? This was equally shocking for the Supreme Court.
When the ASI told the judges that there is no concept of a bell used in the religion of Islam. Whereas in Hinduism, the bell is very important. And you will see this in most of the temples.
So, this proof also had to be considered by the Supreme Court. Proof number three. Pillars with Kalash Sculpture.
Now, the next proof is a Kalash that looks something like this. Which was made in the pillars of Babri. And in total, there were 12 such pillars in the entire mosque.
Where the designs of Hindu deities and their related sculptures were found. Whose direct link was from the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple from the 11th to 12th century. Proof number four.
The Mosque dome had a lotus. Not just the pillar. In the centre of the main dome of Babri Mosque, there was a lotus that looked something like this.
Again, you must be knowing that lotus is associated with spiritual enlightenment in Hinduism. Even Goddess Lakshmi resides on the lotus. And Lord Vishnu also rests on the lotus.
Proof number five. And one such proof that anyone could easily see and tell. That is this.
The main gate of Babri Mosque. On which clearly, the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple was written. So, all these were archaeological evidences in front of the Supreme Court.
Which were found by the ASI after excavation or demolition. But now let's talk about literary sources. Whose proofs were mostly taken from non-Hindu sources.
In fact, the Supreme Court itself considered the scriptures of the Mughals and the Britishers. So, starting with proof number one. Guru Nanak Ji's biography, Janam Sakhi.
In this, Guru Nanak Ji tells his disciple Mardana that when he came to Ayodhya in the year 1500, he bathed in the river Sarayu of Ayodhya and visited the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple. Proof number two. Tulsi Das Ji's book, Tulsi Doha Satak.
Tulsi Das Ji tells in this that in the summer of 1528, some foreign invaders came from outside, broke the Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple of Ayodhya and built a mosque there. And during this time, the invaders killed many Hindus there. Which again proved that there was a temple there.
Proof number three. Foreign travelogue. In the court, only Indian literary proofs were not considered.
The Supreme Court recorded the travelogues of foreign travellers like William Finch and Tiffin Thaler. That is, just like today, people record travel vlogs while travelling, similarly, the previous travellers recorded travelogues. During their travels, they wrote down their observations in a book.
One of these travellers was British traveller William Finch. He wrote his book, Early Travels in India, between 1583-1619. And when he went to visit Ayodhya in 1608, he mentioned that he went to a place called Ramkot.
And then he saw that there was a castle called Ramchandra's castle. Some of its remains are still left. William Finch also mentions that, even today, some Brahmins do pilgrimage there.
And the same type of mention was made by an Austrian traveller, Tiffin Thaler, in his travelogue. That the Mughals had destroyed the temple situated on the river bank of the Saryu river. Where still, Hindu worship is done.
Proof number four. British government official document. During the British rule, ASI's first director general, Alexander Cunningham, has said in the official document of the Awadh province, that in Ayodhya, at the birthplace, there used to be a huge temple.
Using its columns, a Babri Mosque was built. In the year 1886, a case was filed against the judge of Faizabad district, Colonel J. E.
A. Shamier, in which Mahant Raghuveer Das Ji, requested him to build a temple at the place where they were already worshipping. At this request, Judge Shamier personally went there and investigated.
On the investigation, he has also written that, unfortunately, the mosque was built at a sacred place of Hindus. Now, let's talk about proof number five. The letter written by the granddaughter of Mughal King Aurangzeb.
In the year 1707, Aurangzeb's granddaughter ordered the Muslim kings to aggressively apply religious tax on Hindus and to stop their idol worship. In a way, the Mughal kings had destroyed three major temples, such as Ayodhya's Ram Temple, Kashi's Vishwanath Temple, and Mothra's Krishna Temple. According to this letter, the Supreme Court had broken the book of the Islamic writer of the Mughal era, Naseer Bahadur, in Sahifa-e-Chahal.
In this way, the Supreme Court was given a total of 533 evidences and proofs. Considering this, at the end, the Supreme Court decided to build a temple there. Even at present, while building the temple, when it was being excavated for the foundation, many archaeological sculptures were found which are related to Hinduism.
Now, the government is going to keep them in the museum in Ayodhya. Now, you know what friends, this 500 year old case was closed, a new controversy has come. The Ram Temple which is being built at present, is being told by the opposition of the ruling party, waste of money.
If you are hungry, you will go to the temple. But there is an interesting point here, which they are missing, that the money to build this temple has neither come from the people, nor from the government. So now the question arises, then with whose money was this temple built?
Well, according to a report published in Prominent Hindi News Outlet, Amar Ujjala, the total estimated cost of building the Ram Temple was 900 crores earlier. But through the people, more than 3600 crores of donation came. Because of this, Shriram Janmabhoomi Trust has invested its money very smartly in three banks, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda for investment.
And then the interest from the money kept in these banks, this whole temple is made with that interest. And because of this, neither the money of the government has been used here, nor the money of the donation. But today, all the opposition leaders are telling this as a waste of money.
Actually, this temple is going to bring a lot of money to the country's economy. And it has started to come. Because of the Ram Temple, 5-star hotels like Taj, Radisson, ITC are opening in Ayodhya.
The Confederation of All Indian Traders estimates that because of the Ram Temple, a business of 1 lakh crores will be generated in Ayodhya. An ecosystem will be created. Even in India Today, according to a recently published report, in Ayodhya, 20,000 people have already got a job in the hospitality industry before the Pranpratishthan of the Ram Temple.
In fact, when I was also doing some research in this matter, I was shocked. On the day of 22nd January, the rate of one night stay in any hotel in Ayodhya is less than 20,000 rupees. Today, because of this temple, in Ayodhya, airports, highways, and many mega projects have also been made, due to which the overall development of that region is happening.
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