On February 5th, Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, announced that the government had finalized an authority to build a Hindu temple on the site of a demolished mosque in the north Indian city of Ayodhya.
The news follows a verdict of the Supreme Court of India in November 2019, allowing the construction of a temple on the site which was originally occupied by the Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque. The Babri Masjid was demolished by extremist Hindus in December 1992.
In his address in the Parliament, Modi said that about 5 acres of land would be allotted to the Sunni Central Waqf board, which was contesting the claim of the Ram devotees, while the Hindu temple would be built on 67.7 acres of land.
Here is a timeline of the Ayodhya verdict, which has been a subject of religious fervor for the last 30 years in India.