The History of India

Emergency in India

by Vikas Kamat
First Online: October 01, 2006
Page Last Updated: February 17, 2024

The Emergency in India is typically referred to the  18-month period between 1975 and 1977, when the then President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, upon advice by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, effectively making Indira Gandhi, a dictator, suspending elections and civil liberties in India. It is one of the most shameful periods in the history of independent India during which the press was censored, people were forced to undergo vasectomies, and power of the Government was rampantly abused by the members of the Congress Party.

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