Defendant number 17 in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, died in Ayodhya on Tuesday.
He was 84.
The family members said on Wednesday that Ramesh Chandra Tripathi was very excited over the apex court judgement on November 9 and died of massive heart attack on Tuesday morning at his Bhagwanpatti village residence in Bhiti police station area.
He was cremated in the evening with full state honours on the banks of Saryu river in Ayodhya.
Tripathi was a former auditor in the Defence Ministry and had written several religious books. He was also given Kabir Samman and Awadh Bhushan award by the Hindi Sansthan for his literary work.
The 17th defendant in the Ayodhya title suit jumped into the legal battle in 1965.
