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'''Gopal Singh Visharad''' was a Ram devotee and died in 1986, thirty-three years before the judgement of Ram Mandir in 2019. He was the first person who filed the case for Ram Mandir after independence of Bharat.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-09 |title=गोपाल विशारद: 33 साल पहले हुआ था निधन, आज मिला रामलला की पूजा का अधिकार |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/story/ayodhya-supreme-court-verdict-faisala-ram-mandir-ramlala-gopal-singh-visharad-worship-tpt-971623-2019-11-09 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref> He was resident of Swargdwar Mohalla, [[Ayodhya]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=faiyaz |date=2019-11-09 |title=गोपाल सिंह विशारद को मिला रामलला की पूजा का अधिकार, 1986 में निधन हो चुका है निधन |url=https://www.haribhoomi.com/news/india/ayodhya-verdict-supreme-court-ram-mandir-ramlala-gopal-singh-visharad-gets-worship-after-1986-years-of-death-308458 |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=www.haribhoomi.com |language=hi}}</ref>
== Contribution ==
In 1950, Visharad initiated legal proceedings by filing a title suit with the Allahabad High Court, requesting an injunction to perform [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] at the contested site.<ref>{{cite news |last=Das |first=Anil |date=28 September 2010 |title=Chronolgy of Ayodhya's Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit issue |newspaper=International Business Times |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/66354/20100928/ayodhya-supreme-court-babri-masjid-ram-temple.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001232319/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/66354/20100928/ayodhya-supreme-court-babri-masjid-ram-temple.htm |archive-date=1 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Muralidharan |first=Sukumar |date=12 April 2002 |title=Temple Interrupted |newspaper=Frontline |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1907/19070040.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930141742/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1907/19070040.htm |archive-date=30 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 September 2010 |title=Time-line of Ayodhya dispute and slew of legal suits |newspaper=DNA India |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_time-line-of-ayodhya-dispute-and-slew-of-legal-suits_1444808 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002041107/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_time-line-of-ayodhya-dispute-and-slew-of-legal-suits_1444808 |archive-date=2 October 2010}}{{cite news |last=Venkatesan |first=J. |date=28 September 2010 |title=Ayodhya verdict tomorrow |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article800650.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001085642/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article800650.ece |archive-date=1 October 2010}}</ref> On September 30 September 2010, the High Court of Allahabad, the three-member bench comprising justices S. U. Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and D. V. Sharma, ruled that the disputed land be split into three parts. The site of the Ram Lalla [[Murti|idol]] would go to the party representing ''Ram Lalla Virajman'' (the installed Infant Rama deity), [[Nirmohi Akhara]] was to receive Sita Rasoi and Ram Chabutara, and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board to receive the rest. Additionally, the court ordered that the existing situation should remain unchanged for a period of three months.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 September 2010 |title=India holy site 'split between Hindus and Muslims' |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11441890 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001042438/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11441890 |archive-date=1 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=S. U. Khan |author2=S. Agarwal |author3=D. V. Sharma |title=Decision of the hon'ble special full bench hearing Ayodhya matters |url=http://elegalix.allahabadhighcourt.in/elegalix/DisplayAyodhyaBenchLandingPage.do |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827003623/http://elegalix.allahabadhighcourt.in/elegalix/DisplayAyodhyaBenchLandingPage.do |archive-date=27 August 2014}}</ref> All three parties involved in the case appealed the decision regarding the division of the disputed land to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 September 2010 |title=Court orders 3-way division of disputed Ayodhya land |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article804632.ece?homepage=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003104001/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article804632.ece?homepage=true |archive-date=3 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ayodhya Dispute Case Background |url=http://scobserver.clpr.org.in/cases/babri-masjid-ram-janmabhoomi-case/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063612/http://scobserver.clpr.org.in/cases/babri-masjid-ram-janmabhoomi-case/ |archive-date=6 January 2018 |website=Supreme Court Observer}}</ref>

The Supreme Court held final hearing on the case on August 6, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ayodhya-dispute-supreme-court-hearing-ram-janmabhoomi-babri-masjid-1577628-2019-08-06|title=Ayodhya dispute: Supreme Court to commence day-to-day hearing today|date=6 August 2019|website=India Today|access-date=28 September 2023|agency=Press Trust of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825045218/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ayodhya-dispute-supreme-court-hearing-ram-janmabhoomi-babri-masjid-1577628-2019-08-06|archive-date=25 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> to 16 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/supreme-court-hearing-ends-in-ayodhya-dispute-orders-reserved/article29710840.ece|title=Supreme Court hearing ends in Ayodhya dispute; orders reserved|date=2019-10-16|website=The Hindu Business Line|publisher=Press Trust of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023101322/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/supreme-court-hearing-ends-in-ayodhya-dispute-orders-reserved/article29710840.ece|archive-date=23 October 2019|access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the land to be handed over to a trust (to be formed by the Government of India) to build the Hindu temple. It also ordered the government to give 5 acres of land to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board to build a mosque as a replacement for the demolished Babri Masjid.<ref name="timesofindia-09Nov19Verdict">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ayodhya-babri-masjid-ram-mandir-case-verdict-highlights-supreme-court-declared-verdict-on-ram-janmabhoomi-case/articleshow/71978918.cms|title=Ram Mandir verdict: Supreme Court verdict on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case|date=2019-11-09|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109143026/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ayodhya-babri-masjid-ram-mandir-case-verdict-highlights-supreme-court-declared-verdict-on-ram-janmabhoomi-case/articleshow/71978918.cms|archive-date=9 November 2019|access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> Eminent lawyer [[Harish Salve]] was his advocate and arguments were made by Advocate Ranjit Kumar in court.<ref>{{Cite web |last=faiyaz |date=2019-11-09 |title=गोपाल सिंह विशारद को मिला रामलला की पूजा का अधिकार, 1986 में निधन हो चुका है निधन |url=https://www.haribhoomi.com/news/india/ayodhya-verdict-supreme-court-ram-mandir-ramlala-gopal-singh-visharad-gets-worship-after-1986-years-of-death-308458 |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=www.haribhoomi.com |language=hi}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Ayodhya (Ramayana)|Ayodhya in Hinduism]]
* [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.sci.gov.in/pdf/JUD_2.pdf Official judgement released by the Supreme Court]
* [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/a-chronology-of-the-ayodhya-dispute/article29929198.ece A chronology of the Ayodhya dispute] published by ''[[The Hindu]]''

[[Category:November 2019 events in India]]
[[Category:Supreme Court of India cases]]
[[Category:Ayodhya dispute]]
[[Category:1986 deaths]]

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