Editing Iconoclasm (section)

===In modern India===
[[B. R. Ambedkar|Dr. Ambedkar]] and his supporters on 25 December 1927 in the [[Mahad Satyagraha]] strongly criticised, condemned and then burned copies of [[Manusmriti]] on a pyre in a specially dug pit. Manusmriti, one of the sacred Hindu texts, is the religious basis of casteist laws and values of Hinduism and hence was/is the reason of social and economic plight of crores of [[Untouchability|untouchables]] and lower caste Hindus. One of the greatest iconoclasts for all time, this explosive incident rocked the Hindu society. [[Ambedkarism|Ambedkarites]] continue to observe 25 December as "Manusmriti Dahan Divas" (Manusmriti Burning Day) and burn copies of Manusmriti on this day.

The most high-profile case of iconoclasm in independent India was in 1992. A Hindu mob, led by the [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] and [[Bajrang Dal]], destroyed the 430-year-old Islamic [[Babri Masjid]] in [[Ayodhya]] which is claimed to have been built upon a previous Hindu temple.<ref name=HRWCACV>{{cite report |last=Narula |first=Smita |date=October 1999 |at=§ [https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/indiachr/christians8-03.htm The Context of Anti-Christian Violence] |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/indiachr/ |title=India politics by other means: Attacks Against Christians in India |volume=11 |number=6 |publisher=Human Rights Watch}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2528025.stm | work=BBC News | title=Tearing down the Babri Masjid | date=5 December 2002 | access-date=22 May 2010 | first=Mark | last=Tully}}</ref>