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Author: Anupam Gupta
Anupam Gupta, a senior advocate, High Court of Punjab and Haryana, was counsel for the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry. The above article has been excerpted from his address at the three-day symposium, ‘Faith and Fact: Democracy after the Ayodhya Verdict’, organised by SAHMAT, Sabrang Trust and Social Scientist and held in New Delhi from December 6-8, 2010.
Fait accompli upon fait accompli
The modern history of the Babri Masjid began on December 23, 1949 when, by a sudden, dramatic, surreptitious, criminal overnight act, a mosque of 500 years was converted into...