Mosque Demolitions in Indian Subcontinent Through History

[Oldworld]

Purpose of this thread is to study mosque demolitions in Indian subcontinent through history

Goal being to understand the motivations, political situation and implications for our future based on the patterns of demolitions in the past


Vijaynagar king Sadasiva Raya demolished mosques while attacking Ahamdnagar in Maharastra and also probably burned Qurans
Ahmednagar
Sadasiva Raya
Date between - 1542 –  1570

 

[Oldworld]

Shivaji restoration of Shonachalapati Temple and Samottir Perumal Temple
after destroying the mosques built upon them
Date - 1677

 

[Oldworld]

Kumar Bhim Singh of Mewar had destroyed 300 mosques in Gujarat.
Battles of Idar
Location - Idar
Idar, Gujarat
Date - Probably 1520

 

[Oldworld]

Ajit Singh destroyed all mosques and muzzled azan in Jodhpur Rajasthan.
Date - Probably 1707
Location - Jodhpur
Ajit Singh of Marwar

 

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Someone just drop inverted versions of some of those JNU academic jhumls here like "They exaggerated the numbers of temples destroyed in their own records" or "He build 2x more temples than he destroyed" or "Hindu kings also destroyed temples you know "