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Babri Masjid demolition | Key conclusions by Liberhan Commission

1st October, 2020 Society

Liberhan Commission: Headed by Justice M. S. Liberhan, set up on December 16, 1992, the Commission probed the sequence of events that led to the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya.

  • The Commission was initially asked to give a report in three months. However, it could do so only after over 16 years that saw 399 sittings and 48 extensions.
  • It probed the sequence of events that led to the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, submitted its report to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on June 30, 2009, 16 years later.
  • Liberhan probe was India’s longest running inquiry commission

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