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

 

[shade2]

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 "

 

[samsaptaka]

"Hindu kings also destroyed temples you know "

Wish it were more true and not the sporadic incidents here & there !

 

[samsaptaka]

Wish it were more true and not the sporadic incidents here & there !

I apologise, i misread it as hindu kings destroying mosques and hence commented that wish it were more true

 

[MasterChief]

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 "

Considering all the surveys popping up one after the other on muslim mosques and shrines, looks like the end game for the Hindu right is to wipe out "All Old Muslim structures" from the face of the earth.. Still a long way to go though.. But, the process itself will be the reward for the BJP as communal polarization leads to Hindu consolidation..

 

[Oldworld]

On May 7th 2025

Leader of Bharat Ganaraya Narendra Modi authorised demolition of Markaz Subhan Allah mosque in Bhawalpur, Pakistan with aid of his airforce general

Mosque was demolished via air to ground munitions

Rumours suggest some of its inhabitatants had very little remains left post the explosion


Some supporters of Modi insinuated this was supposed to underpinnings for ram mandir v2 project.

Before demolition



During Demolition


Post Demolition