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| In Ayodhya in northern India, a militant Hindu stands astride the three-domed Babri Mosque, which many Hindus believe to be birthplace of the god, Lord Rama. On Dec. 6, 1992, thousands of Hindu extremists, armed with hammers and crowbars clambered atop the 430-year-old mosque and began dismantling it. Within hours, they had razed the structure to the ground, clearing the site for a proposed Hindu temple. The destruction of the mosque prompted one of India's worst religious riots, in which more than 2,000 people died across the country.
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| Photo: AP-Photo/Udo Weitz |
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