The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has deleted some references to the politics of Hindutva, the 2002 Gujarat riots, minorities, and Babri Masjid from the political science syllabus of Class 12 that will come into effect from the academic session 2024-25. To be sure, references to the same subjects might occur elsewhere…
Ayodhya Ram Mandir: The Ram Janmabhoomi Temple was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22, 2024. The day also saw the Consecration or Pran Pratishtha rituals taking place, and was witnessed in-person by over 7,000 invitees, including popular film personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, prominent businessmen such as Mukesh Ambani, popular politicians and…
Holy men on a mission to civil servants who defied their superiors, here are some of the protagonists of Ram Janmabhoomi movementRaghubar DasThe Nirmohi Akhara mahant moved a local court in 1885 for permission to build a ‘mandap’ for Ram’s worship on the ‘chabutra’, or platform, in front of Babri Masjid. After his plea was…
AYODHYA : Retired members of the SC constitution bench that delivered the landmark 2019 judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case have been invited to Jan 22 consecration of the Ram temple.Apart from then CJI Ranjan Gogoi, invitations have been sent to his now-retired successor SA Bobde, and former judges Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul…
