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On the advice of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed proclaimed a state of national emergency on 25 June 1975. The Emergency in India was a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency across the country by citing internal and external threats to the country. [1]
Such an emergency was declared in India in the 1962 Sino- Indian War, [3] 1971 Indo- Pakistani War, [4] and 1975 internal disturbance (declared by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed). [5] But after the 44th amendment act 1978, National Emergency can only be declared on grounds of "External aggression or war", also called as External Emergency & on the ground ...
The Emergency era had been widely unpopular, and the 42nd Amendment was the most controversial issue. The clampdown on civil liberties and widespread abuse of human rights by police angered the public. The Janata Party which had promised to "restore the Constitution to the condition it was in before the Emergency", won the 1977 general elections.
3 December The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins as Pakistan attacks 9 Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan. Indira Gandhi declares State of emergency in India for the second time, following external aggression. [6] The Indian navy destroyer INS Rajput sinks Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (former USS ...
Samvidhan Hatya Diwas (IAST: saṃvidhāna hatyā divasa; Constitution Assassination Day) is a day in recognition of the sacrifice of people during the 1975 emergency of India, declared by then prime minister Indira Gandhi. Many constitutional rights of citizen and media were withheld during the emergency.
[3] [4] This article is often used in conjunction with Article 356 to declare President's Rule in a state. The Supreme Court of India has opined that the Article does not provide any independent source of power other than those provided in Articles 356 and 357. [4]
The elections in India's largest state Uttar Pradesh, historically a Congress(R) stronghold, turned against Gandhi. Dhanagare says the structural reasons included the emergence of a strong and united opposition, disunity and weariness within the Congress(R), an effective opposition and the failure of Gandhi in controlling the mass media, which ...
National income - ₹ 918,117 million 2 March - The Rajan case, a famous case of Police brutality during the Emergency Period.The victim, P. Rajan, a final year Engineering student at Regional Engineering College, Calicut was arrested by police, taken to Kakkayam and allegedly tortured severely which led to his death.