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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.
Emergency is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical biographical drama film [5] directed and co-produced by Kangana Ranaut, based on a screenplay by Ritesh Shah and story written by Ranaut. [6] Based on the Indian Emergency , it stars Ranaut as former Prime Minister of India , Indira Gandhi .
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 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.
This category lists Indian people—mostly opposition politicians, social activists, student leaders and journalists—arrested and jailed by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress government during the Emergency from 25 June 1975 to 21 March 1977.
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On 25 June 1975, a state of emergency was declared by the President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, upon the advice of Prime Minister Gandhi. [2] [3] The government argued that the political disorder was a threat to national security. [9]
The Turkman gate demolition and subsequent massacre was an infamous case of political oppression and police brutality during the Emergency when, on 31 May 1976, residents of Old Delhi were killed by police while protesting a slum clearance. [1]