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  1. The Emergency in India was a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had a state of emergency declared across the country by citing internal and external threats to the country.

  2. Jun 29, 2024 · The Emergency refers to the period from June 25, 1975 to March 21, 1977, during which the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used special provisions in the Constitution to impose sweeping executive and legislative consequences on the country. Almost all opposition leaders were put in jail.

  3. Jun 26, 2024 · The Indian Emergency was a 21-month period marked by unprecedented political turmoil in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed a state of emergency across the nation, citing "internal...

  4. Jun 25, 2024 · The 21-month Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government was not just a dark period for Indian democracy that demonstrated how absolute power corrupts absolutely, but a landmark...

  5. Jun 25, 2024 · 1975 Emergency: On June 25, 1975, then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of Emergency in India, citing a "deep and widespread conspiracy" against her government. This move followed a Supreme Court stay on a verdict nullifying her election and barring her from parliamentary proceedings.

  6. The chequered legacy of the Emergency, imposed by Indira Gandhi on June 25, 1975, meant that the topic would forever remain hotly contested in India's hyperpartisan political climate, even nearly...

  7. Jun 25, 2018 · The goal of the 21-month-long Emergency in the country was to control “internal disturbance”, for which the constitutional rights were suspended and freedom of speech and the press withdrawn. Indira Gandhi justified the drastic measure in terms of national interest, primarily based on three grounds.