Must Read | The history of pre-Independence violence at the Ram Janmabhoomi siteThe Hindu Mahasabha was the first organisation to take up the position just after Independence. Gopal Singh Visharad, the president of the Ayodhya Hindu Mahasabha, was the joint secretary of the Ramayana Mahasabha. Ayodhya’s District Magistrate K K K Nair and city magistrate Guru Dutt Singh refused to remove the idol despite pressure from Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The following decades saw a lull, till the RSS and VHP took up the Ram temple movement in the 1980s. Ashok Singhal of the VHP also became active in the Ram temple movement by this point.

Source: The Hindu January 19, 2024 14:48 UTC