| ADM |
Additional District Magistrate |
| AIBMAC |
All India Babri Masjid Action Committee |
| BJP |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
| BMAC |
Babri Masjid Action Committee |
| CCPA |
Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs |
| CM |
Chief Minister |
| CS |
Chief Secretary |
| COAS |
Chief of Army Staff |
| CPMF |
Central Para-military Force |
| Coy. |
Company (of Para-Military Force) |
| DG |
Director General |
| DGP |
Director General of Police |
| DIG |
Deputy Inspector General (of Police) |
| DM |
District Magistrate |
| DRC |
Dogra Regimental Centre |
| HM |
(Union) Home Minister |
| HS |
(Union) Home Secretary |
| IG |
Inspector General (of Police) |
| ITBP |
Indo-Tibetan Border Police |
| KMDM |
Kendriya Marg Darshak Mandal |
| MHA |
(Union) Ministry of Home Affairs |
| NIC |
National Integration Council |
| NSG |
National Security Guard |
| PAC |
Provincial Armed Constabulary (of UP) |
| PMF |
Para-Military Force |
| RAF |
Rapid Action Force |
| RJB-BM |
Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid |
| RSS |
Rashtriya Svayam Sevak Sangh |
| SDO |
Sub-Divisional Officer |
| SSP |
Senior Superintendent of Police |
| UP |
Uttar Pradesh |
| VHP |
Vishwa Hindu Parishad |