Lucknow, Nov. 9 -- The manner in which an issue of civil dispute over a piece of land gradually became one of the most defining aspects of politics in contemporary India.
With the Supreme Court ruling on Saturday that the disputed land at Ayodhya be given to the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, curtains were drawn on a 70-year legal battle in independent India and 90 years during the British rule.
One of the longest-drawn legal battles in the nation's history, the Ayodhya issue has created political turmoil in the country starting from mid 1980s after Rajiv Gandhi government ordered to open the lock of the Ramjanambhoomi.
Here is a timeline of how the dispute began and how it gradually moved on to the stage when the Supreme Court delivered the much-...