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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 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. [1]
1975 in India. 3 languages. ... 25 June – A state of emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed.
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.
In the non-Indian National Congress ruled states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, [6] [7] people detained under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and Defence of India Act (DIR) during the 1975-1977 national emergency, get Rs. 15,000 pension per month from the respective state governments.
During the nationwide Emergency in India between 1975 and 1977, Fundamental Rights of the citizen were suspended by the government, creating a period of police activism. [1] In Kerala, the Naxal movement was at its peak during this period. Major operations of Naxals in Kerala were attacks on police stations in rural areas.
India; Fact Finding Committee: Slum Clearance, Demolitions, etc. and Firing in Turkman Gate during the Emergency (1977). Slum clearance, demolitions, etc. and firing in Turkman Gate during the emergency, June 25, 1975-March 21, 1977: report of Fact Finding Committee. New Delhi: Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.