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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]
The phrase Emergency period used loosely, when referring to the political history of India, often refers to this third and the most controversial of the three occasions. In 1978, the Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India , substituted the words "armed rebellion" for "internal disturbance" in Article 352, making the term more ...
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 ...
The Emergency of 25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977 was a 21-month period when President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, upon advice by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a national emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, effectively bestowing on her the power to rule by decree, suspending elections and civil liberties.
The Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Thirty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1975, made the declaration of "The Emergency" final and conclusive. In particular it codified and enlarged the State's power to remove fundamental rights from its citizens during states of emergency.
The Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1971 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies very broad powers – indefinite preventive detention of individuals, search and seizure of property without warrants, and wiretapping – in the quelling of civil and political disorder in ...
26 October - Emergency enforced in India for the first time following the Sino-Indian War. [1] 21 November – China withdraws troops from Arunachal Pradesh and orders ceasefire along the McMahon Line. 19 December – The last foreign-occupied territory of India, Daman and Diu, is integrated into India.
Rukhsana Sultana (born Meenu Bimbet) was an Indian socialite known for being one of Sanjay Gandhi's close associates during the state of Emergency in India between 1975 and 1977. [1] During this period she became known for leading Sanjay Gandhi's sterilisation campaign in Muslim areas of Old Delhi.