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Shahi Jama Masjid issue – Uttar Pradesh
December 4 , 2024
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- The petition alleged that the 16th Century Jama Masjid in Sambhal was built at the site of an ancient Hari Har Mandir.
- The claim was similar to those made in the case of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi and Eidgah Masjid Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and Kamal-Maula Masjid in Dhar in Madhya Pradesh.
- The Sambhal mosque is a protected national monument.
- The Jama Masjid in Sambhal is one of the three mosques built by Mughal Emperor Babur during his reign between 1526 and 1530.
- The other two being the mosque in Panipat and the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was demolished in 1992.
- The Sambhal mosque was built by Babur’s general Mir Hindu Beg around 1528.
- The Hindu tradition believes that, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, will descend here in Sambhal.
- As per the Places of Worship Act 1991, the religious character of all places of worship as it existed on August 15, 1947, has to be maintained.
- The petition filed in Sambhal seeks to change the basic character of the place of worship, in contravention of the 1991 Act.
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