Emergency
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The Indian Emergency (1975-77) was a 21-month period during which Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government suspended civil liberties, censored the press and concentrated extraordinary power in the executive. Declared on the night of
25 June 1975, it followed a period of political unrest, economic difficulties and growing opposition to the Congress government. On the eve of the Emergency, leaders including Jayaprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L. K.
Advani, George Fernandes and Charan Singh were arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.
When elections were finally announced in January 1977, the opposition united as the Janata Party. Its victory in the subsequent election brought the first non-Congress government to power at the Centre, making the Emergency a lasting reminder of both the fragility of democratic institutions and the power of political resistance.
Seen here are images of:
1: Morarji Desai, Jayaprakash Narayan with Mahatma Gandhi and the message of secular India
2: Vivan Sundaram's Famous Mrs. G (1974)
3: The cover image of Asia's Voice Himmat magazine, Oct
1977
4: Poster of Kissa Kursee Ka (1978)
25 June 1975, it followed a period of political unrest, economic difficulties and growing opposition to the Congress government. On the eve of the Emergency, leaders including Jayaprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L. K.
Advani, George Fernandes and Charan Singh were arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.
When elections were finally announced in January 1977, the opposition united as the Janata Party. Its victory in the subsequent election brought the first non-Congress government to power at the Centre, making the Emergency a lasting reminder of both the fragility of democratic institutions and the power of political resistance.
Seen here are images of:
1: Morarji Desai, Jayaprakash Narayan with Mahatma Gandhi and the message of secular India
2: Vivan Sundaram's Famous Mrs. G (1974)
3: The cover image of Asia's Voice Himmat magazine, Oct
1977
4: Poster of Kissa Kursee Ka (1978)
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