22 January 2024
Many dates are remembered because of many events for or against humanity. This date will be an eye-catcher to evaluate which date is the most remembered date worldwide. — Alok Singh
The 22 January 2024 is now a date with civilization, a date with history, a date with humanity, a date which anyone and everyone will easily recognize. Keeping aside the political, social, religious, and other domains of supporters and opponents, the date 22 January 2024 has become a permanent mark on the universal calendar. One day earlier, i.e., the end of day on 21 January has been like a tug of war regarding whether to declare a holiday on 22 January or not, a full-day holiday, half-day holiday, and ways to continue medical emergency services as well as holiday for non-emergency services.
Even nursery schools were declaring a on 21 January at 5 PM, canceling it at 6 PM, and again declaring a holiday at 7 PM. Today, no one in the world was untouched by this date. Nursey kids were themselves confused as to why the school is once announcing a holiday, canceling a holiday, and re-announcing a holiday and all this was happening within three hours. They will forever remember the date. The 22 January of 2025 will be eagerly waited to realize the true value of 22 January.
When nursery kids are going to remember then it’s obvious that the citizens of the world will definitely remember this date. Many dates are remembered because of many events for or against humanity. This date will be an eye-catcher to evaluate which date is the most remembered date worldwide.
The Pran-Pratistha of Ram-Lalla happened on 22 January at 12:20 PM. The struggle is for 500 years, the political parties intervened in the matter in the 1990s only. The original credit is due to those who kept the light of Ram Mandir burning for the last 500 years. The design of the program at Ayodhya on 22 January reflected this when no politician was present. The Prime Minister of the country practiced a strict life like fasting and sleeping on the floor for 11 days to prepare himself and the Chief Minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh is himself a sanyasi. The single fraternities that were present to truly witness the occasion were Sadhus and Sanyasis from the whole country. Celebrities and well-known personalities from different aspects of life other than the seasoned politicians were also present. Many common men from across the country traveled to the holy land on their own, through their own resources and few even dared to witness without any resources, carrying little kids and toddlers on their heads to witness the occasion. All these reflect what RAM means to the nation. Other nations of the world on this day searched for their lineage and linkage to Sri Ram.
The timeline of the demolition started in the year 1526 when Babar attacked Bharat and asked his army-general to destroy the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya and the destruction happened in 1528. The purpose was to kill the soul of the Hindus, to defeat the core of the Hindus, to defeat the belief of the Hindus and all this will lead to the permanent defeat of the Hindus. But the Hindus of the neighborhood of the temple lighted ‘diyas’ every day, when it was not possible to light it near the idol, it was lighted away from the idol; when it was not possible to light away from the idol, it was lighted outside the Mandir. The ‘diyas’ for Ram were always lighted at the nearest possible place under all the circumstances. We worship away from the temple when we are unable to visit the temple, we worship by seeing the building of the temple from the train, from the road, from the air, and like that, the practice of lighting ‘diyas’ for the idol of Ram was always performed at the appropriate time of the day and was never missed. Those anonymous soldiers who kept the light of hope of getting the Ram-Lalla its original place are the true strugglers and this resulted in the celebration of 22 January. The organizers of the 22 January celebration at Ayodhya took all care to keep this in mind and accomplished the best event apart from the dharmic Pran-Pratistha. Many names need to be acknowledged today.
During the last three decades, there have been many dates. The dates are of 30 October 1990, 9 November 2019, 6 December 1992, and 22 January 2024. The unforgettable name for Ram Mandir is that of siblings Ram Kothari Ji and Sharad Kothari Ji famous as the Kothari brothers who were the first to hoist the “Bhgawa Dhwaj” at the so-called disputed structure and paid with their lives in the service of Ram Lalla, in the service of the motherland, in the service of the Sanatan Dharma on 30 October 1990. The supreme court lawyers Sri Keshava Parasharan Ji and C S Vaidyanathan Ji who together convinced the Supreme Court to complete the decision process in black and white and satisfy all the legal requirements that resulted in the favorable judgment on 9 November 2019. The 6 December 1992 is the date of no single individual, it is the date of the soul of the citizens when the top leaders of the VHP and BJP were discarded and the “Kar-Sewaks” became self-leaders, self-decision makers, and executed their beliefs. They literally came there to die for Ram. Champat Rai Ji is an individual who has decades followed the court case and public demonstrations that needed supreme efforts to bring together even agreeing and disagreeing people including sadhus-sants, many different stakeholders, varieties of court cases, and the general public. He is the person who moderated the public event on 22 January at Ayodhya.
The struggle of Ram Mandir is of 500 years, many people fought for it and died for it in the last 500 years. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad originated in 1964 and supported the struggle for Ram Mandir. The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh supported the Ram Mandir struggle when it was served by its third Sarsanghchalaks Sri Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras Ji popular as Balasaheb Deoras Ji. All the efforts resulted in the awakening of Sanatan Dharm among all the humans and participation of everyone in the celebration of 22 January.
In brief, the Ram Mandir struggle is of people, sadhu-sanyasi, sant-mahatmas, and later supported by RSS and VHP. Jai Siya Ram.
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