PM hoists ‘Dharma Dhwaja’ at Ram Mandir: Here are top 5 quotes by Modi at Ayodhya event

Here are the top five quotes by Narendra Modi

1) “Wounds and pain of centuries are healing today. A 500-year-old resolve is being fulfilled. This sacred flag will stand as a testament that truth ultimately triumphs over falsehood.”

2) “Our Ram doesn’t discriminate and we too are moving forward with the same spirit.”

3) “What Macaulay envisioned was very extensive; we gained Independence but did not free ourselves from sense of inferiority. Our goal should be to free India from mentality of slavery in next 10 years: PM Modi at Ram temple event. We must take pride in our heritage, break loose from mentality of slavery for India to progress.”

4) “It is a distortion that we borrowed democracy from abroad; India is the mother of democracy. Democracy is in our DNA.”

5) “By 2047 when we complete 100 years of India’s Independence, we will have to ensure a developed India.”

From Babri Masjid to Ram Mandir, here’s a timeline of Ayodhya transition

🔹 1528: Mir Baqi, commander of Mughal emperor Babur, builds Babri Masjid

🔹 1885: Mahant Raghubir Das files plea in Faizabad district court seeking permission to build a canopy outside the Babri Masjid structure. Court rejects plea.

🔹 1949: Idols of Ram Lalla are placed under a central dome outside the disputed structure, leading to widespread protests. Both communities file cases, Hashim Ansari for Muslims and Mahant Paramhans Ramchandra Das for Hindus. The government declares the site as disputed and locks the gates to it.

🔹 1950: Gopal Simla Visharad files suit in Faizabad district court for rights to worship the idols of Ram Lalla.

🔹 1959: Nirmohi Akhara files suit seeking possession of the site.

🔹 1961: UP Sunni Central Waqf Board files suit for possession of the site.

🔹 Feb 1, 1986: Local court orders the government to open the site for Hindu worshippers. Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister when the decision was taken. The Babri Masjid Action Committee is also formed at Lucknow.

🔹 Bhagwan Shri Ramlalla Virjman at Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Ayodhya, Asthan Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Ayodhya, files a title suit represented by “next friend” Deoki Nandan Agarwala, a former judge of the Allahabad High Court

🔹 Aug 14, 1989: Allahabad HC orders maintenance of status quo in respect of the disputed structure.

🔹 Sept 25, 1990: BJP leader LK Advani launches Rath Yatra from Somnath in Gujarat

🔹 Dec 6, 1992: Babri Masjid is demolished by karsevaks.

🔹 Apr 3, 1993: ‘Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act’ is passed for acquisition of land by Centre in the disputed area. Various writ petitions, including one by Ismail Faruqui, are filed in Allahabad HC challenging various aspects of the Act. Supreme Court, exercising its jurisdiction under Article 139A, transfers the writ petitions, which were pending in the High Court.

🔹 Oct 24, 1994: SC says in the historic Ismail Faruqui case that mosque was not integral to Islam.

🔹 April, 2002: HC begins hearing on determining who owns the disputed site.

🔹 March 13, 2003: SC says, in the Aslam alias Bhure case, no religious activity of any nature be allowed at the acquired land.

🔹 Mar 14: SC says interim order passed should be operative till disposal of the civil suits in Allahabad HC to maintain communal harmony.

🔹 Sep 30, 2010: HC, in a 2:1 majority, rules three-way division of disputed area between Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.

🔹 May 9, 2011: SC stays HC verdict on Ayodhya land dispute.

🔹 Feb 26, 2016: Subramanian Swamy files plea in SC seeking construction of Ram Temple at the disputed site.

🔹 Mar 2017: SC indicates it may consider reviving conspiracy charge against the BJP leaders in Babri Masjid demolition case. SC suggests fresh attempts to resolve Ayodhya dispute.

🔹 Apr: SC favours time-bound completion of trial in the case and reserves order on CBI’s plea.

🔹 SC restores criminal conspiracy charge against leaders including Advani, Joshi and Uma Bharti and clubs the trials in the matters pending against VIPs and kar sevaks.

🔹 Nov 2019: SC grants entire disputed land in Ayodhya to deity Ram Lalla, directs govt to allot an alternative five-acre plot to Muslims to build mosque.

🔹 Aug 2020: PM Narendra Modi conducts ‘bhoomi pujan’ in Ayodhya, launches construction of Ram temple.

🔹 Supreme Court extends by a month the deadline for completion of trial in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

🔹 Sep 30: Special Judge S K Yadav delivers judgment in the mosque demolition case, all accused acquitted.

🔹 January 22, 2024: Despite the construction of some wings still pending, the Ram temple is consecrated.

🔹 November 25, 2025: PM Modi hoists saffron flag marking the completion of the construction of Ram Temple