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See the time-line here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11436552A court in India has said that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya should be split between Hindus and Muslims, lawyers for the Hindu petitioners say.
However in a majority verdict, judges gave control of the main disputed section, where a mosque was torn down in 1992, to Hindus, lawyers said.
Other parts of the site will be controlled by Muslims and a Hindu sect.
The destruction of the mosque by Hindu extremists led to widespread rioting in which some 2,000 people died.
Officials urged both sides to remain calm and respect the court's verdict.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that the site should be split, with the Muslim community getting control of a third, Hindus another third and the Nirmohi Akhara sect the remainder.
t said that the current status of the site should continue for the next three months to allow for the land to be peacefully measured and divided.
The Hindus will keep the area where a small tent-shrine to Rama has been erected, lawyers said.
"The majority ruled that the location of the makeshift temple is the birthplace of Rama, and this spot cannot be shifted," said Ravi Shankar Prasad, a lawyer for one of the parties to the suit.
Lawyers for the Muslim community said they would appeal the ruling in the 60-year-old case to the Supreme Court.
