Law Kumar Mishra
Patna: Against the common belief that the temple at Ram Janambhoomi at Ayodhya was demolished by Babur, a new book “Ayodhya Revisited’ claims the Babri Masjid was never built by Babur. All this happened during the reign of Aurangzeb in 1660 and Babur had no role to play, claims Kishore Kunal,a, IPS of 1972 batch (Gujarat cadre) who was Officer on special duty -Ayodhya in ministry of Home in 1992. The book to be released next week has a foreword from former chief justice of India G B Patnaik who observed the book has established the fact that Babur practiced religious tolerance and was not fanatic.
Kunal had taken VRS, eight years before his retirement age, to build the world’s tallest Ram temple in East Champaran district. His experience as OSD (Ayodhya) in the union home ministry had played a vital role in resolving the dispute and his experience came handy in translating several documents and manuscripts and in giving a picture different from what had been given by general historians,the foreword says.
Kunal, in his book, has convinced through the old documetns and Sanskirt texts and archaeological excavation reports that there existed a temple at the place in question whereas many historians have indicated that there never existed any temple.
Kunal claims Mughal rulers right from Babur to Shahjahan were quite liberal and extended patronage to all religions. Kunal is also planning to file an intervention petition in the Supreme Court where the dispute is pending judgement following an appeal filed agaisnt Allahabad high Court judgement. A student of history in his college days, Kunal quoted some English and French scholars to establish the exisence of temple at the site in question at Ayodhya. He claims inscriptions on the structure were fake and fictitious.