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The '''Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board''' (or '''U.P. Sunni Waqf Board''') is a body constituted under ''The Wakf Act, 1995'' of the Government of India,<ref name=WakfAct-1954/> for general superintendence of the affairs of [[Sunni]] Muslim [[waqf]] (charity) properties, waqf institutions of the Sunni Muslim community of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India. Its chairman is Zufar Ahmad Faruqi. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centralwaqfcouncil.gov.in/content/waqf-boards-1 |title=Waqf Boards |date=18 August 2020 |work=Central Waqf Council, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date=29 August 2020}}{{dead link|date=September 2020}}</ref> The Sunni Waqf Board has been the main Muslim litigant in the [[Babri Masjid]]–[[Ram Janmabhoomi]] title dispute.<ref><br />
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== Establishment ==<br />
The state waqf boards were established by the state governments in view of the provisions of Section 13 of the Wakf Act, 1954.<ref name=WakfAct-1954>{{cite web |title=The Wakf Act, 1954 |url=http://www.centralwaqfcouncil.gov.in/sites/default/files/The%20Waqf%20Act%201954.pdf |publisher=Central Waqf Council, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Danyal |first1=Kahkashan Y. |title=The Law of Waqf in India |date=2015 |publisher=Regal Publications |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788184844726 |page=60}}</ref> <br />
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India also has a [[Central Waqf Council]] to advise the government "on matters concerning the working of boards and the due administration of wakfs."<ref name=WakfAct-1954/><br />
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== Babri Masjid dispute ==<br />
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In February 2020, the government allotted {{convert|5|acre|ha}} of agricultural land at [[Dhannipur]] in Ayodhya municipal corporation to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board as an alternative site for constructing a mosque,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Where is Dhannipur? All about the site allotted to Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/30-km-from-where-babri-masjid-stood-here-s-all-you-need-to-know-about-dhannipur-1643583-2020-02-05 |date=5 February 2020|work=[[India Today]] |access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref> to replace the [[Babri Masjid]] that was demolished in 1992.<ref name=businessstandard-14Feb2020>{{Cite news|title=The mood in Dhannipur, a village in Ayodhya, chosen for the 'Babri Masjid' |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/the-mood-in-dhannipur-a-village-in-ayodhya-chosen-for-the-babri-masjid-120021401728_1.html |date=14 February 2020 |work=[[Business Standard]] |first1=Ritwik |last1=Sharma |access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Religion in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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[[Category:Sunni Islam in India]]<br />
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