"A large force [of Muslims was] determined to destroy and ruin the Hunuman Ghurrie which is inhabited by Hindoos and is peculiarly sacred in their estimation, his lieutenant called Moulavee Saheb is even still more diabolically inclined and ready for strife."
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About religious riots in 8th Feb 1855. James Outram, in letter to Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Awadh. quoted in Jain, M. (2017). The battle of Rama: Case of the temple at Ayodhya. ch 6
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