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Demolishing the Babri Masjid
Hindu extremists demolished a 16th century mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya.
Praveen Jain witnessed rehearsals for the demolition the day before it happened.
Hindu extremists demolished a 16th century mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya in December 1992 prompting months of communal violence across India.
Photojournalist Praveen Jain witnessed rehearsals for the demolition the day before the activists stormed the mosque.
He spoke to Iknoor Kaur in 2019.
(Photo: Hindu extremists rehearsing the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Credit: Praveen Jain)
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