
Indira Gandhi's Emergency: When India's democracy was put on pause
On this day 50 years ago, then prime minister Indira Gandhi declared Emergency, suspending rights and jailing rivals.
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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.
On this day 50 years ago, then prime minister Indira Gandhi declared Emergency, suspending rights and jailing rivals.