The British threatened the Shi'i nawab of Awadh with annexation if any harm was brought to the temple of Hanumangarhi by Sunni radicaIs or if the Nawab tried to construct a mosque besides the temple.
Lower middle class Sunnis charged up w the ideas of Barelvi storm the temple claiming it as a mosque, kiIIed by the Hindus. Call to wage jihad. The nawab reminded of his duty to protect MusIims but can't anger the powerful Hindu landlord-merchant elite. And then enter the Brits.
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