In 1992, a mob demolished the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. This event led to a long legal battle over the site. On November 9, 2019, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court decided to give 2.77 acres of land to a trust for building the Ram temple. The court also allotted five acres at a "prominent site" in Ayodhya for the mosque. As the 33rd anniversary of the mosque's demolition arrives, The Hindu revisits this landmark moment through reports, editorials, eyewitness accounts, and opinions published over the years.