Watch | Tablighi Jamaat: A Year on, Some Attendees Still Await Trial, Others Struggle to Return Home On March 24, 2020, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly announced the nationwide lockdown, the men, women and children joining the Tablighi Jamaat were distraught. Video14/Mar/2021 About a year ago, around 3,500 foreigners came to India to participate in Tablighi Jamaat’s programme in Nizamuddin, a mosque located in south Delhi. On March 24, 2020, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly announced the nationwide lockdown, the men, women and children joining the Tablighi Jamaat were distraught, as they had only four hours to prepare for this grave situation.