babri mosque was the centre of such a conflict up until the early 1990s when it was demolished. before a solution could be found, the mosque was destroyed by about 200,000 hindus. it took place on 6 december 1992. the mosque was built by babur to mark the birthplace of ram. it was believed to be on a site of an earlier hindu temple. the conflict over the mosque was directly linked to rioting in bombay (present-day mumbai) as well as bombings in 1993 that killed 257 people.