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How India Observed Republic Day Amid Press Censorship During Emergency
When India marked Republic Day in 1976 and 1977, the country was under a national Emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The 21-month period, from June 25, 1975, to March 21, 1977, altered the political and civic environment.
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Shashi Tharoor's Sanjay Gandhi Flashback Post In New Provocation For Congress
In another move that is likely to widen his rift with the Congress leadership, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor has written an article on the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975.
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Opinion | The Story Of Raj Narain, Who Led To Indira Gandhi's Ouster, Then Return
The fall of two Prime Ministers, Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai - as well as the (short-lived) anointment of a third, Chaudhary Charan Singh - is attributed to Narain.
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Delhi Airport Receives Hoax Bomb Threat
A bomb threat at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 3 early Thursday morning prompted a swift emergency response, but was later confirmed to be a hoax, officials said.
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Congress Fury Over BJP's "Indira Gandhi Equals Hitler" Emergency Shocker
Karnataka Congress has filed a police case against the BJP after an outrageous social media post about former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the Emergency imposed by her government from 1975 to 1977.
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"Aim Was To Preserve Dynastic Rule": Amit Shah On Emergency
The Emergency, imposed 50 years ago, by a despotic ruler, whose sole aim was to preserve her dynastic rule, was one of the darkest chapters in India's history, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.
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When Indira Gandhi Donated Rs 90,000 For Fiercest Critic's Treatment During Emergency
In a little-known episode from the Emergency era, former prime minister Indira Gandhi quietly donated a significant sum of Rs 90,000 for treatment of her fiercest critic, Jayaprakash Narayan, the leader of the nationwide anti-Emergency movement.
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"Emergency Was Reflection Of Congress' Anti-Democratic Mentality": Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday the Emergency was not a national necessity but a reflection of the anti-democratic mentality of the Congress and "just one person", a reference to then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
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Opinion | 50 Years Since Emergency: What Really Fuelled Indira Gandhi's Insecurity
The roots of the political crisis that led to Emergency lay in the factional politics of Congress.
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Congressmen "So Disgusted With Sanjay Gandhi That...": Indira Gandhi Aide In Book
As principal secretary to Indira Gandhi in the run up to the Emergency, PN Dhar had a rare insight into the goings-on of the period, and one person who gets the most unflattering portrayal in his otherwise sober account of the era is Sanjay Gandhi.
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How India Observed Republic Day Amid Press Censorship During Emergency
When India marked Republic Day in 1976 and 1977, the country was under a national Emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The 21-month period, from June 25, 1975, to March 21, 1977, altered the political and civic environment.
-
Shashi Tharoor's Sanjay Gandhi Flashback Post In New Provocation For Congress
In another move that is likely to widen his rift with the Congress leadership, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor has written an article on the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975.
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Opinion | The Story Of Raj Narain, Who Led To Indira Gandhi's Ouster, Then Return
The fall of two Prime Ministers, Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai - as well as the (short-lived) anointment of a third, Chaudhary Charan Singh - is attributed to Narain.
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Delhi Airport Receives Hoax Bomb Threat
A bomb threat at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 3 early Thursday morning prompted a swift emergency response, but was later confirmed to be a hoax, officials said.
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Congress Fury Over BJP's "Indira Gandhi Equals Hitler" Emergency Shocker
Karnataka Congress has filed a police case against the BJP after an outrageous social media post about former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the Emergency imposed by her government from 1975 to 1977.
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"Aim Was To Preserve Dynastic Rule": Amit Shah On Emergency
The Emergency, imposed 50 years ago, by a despotic ruler, whose sole aim was to preserve her dynastic rule, was one of the darkest chapters in India's history, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.
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When Indira Gandhi Donated Rs 90,000 For Fiercest Critic's Treatment During Emergency
In a little-known episode from the Emergency era, former prime minister Indira Gandhi quietly donated a significant sum of Rs 90,000 for treatment of her fiercest critic, Jayaprakash Narayan, the leader of the nationwide anti-Emergency movement.
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"Emergency Was Reflection Of Congress' Anti-Democratic Mentality": Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday the Emergency was not a national necessity but a reflection of the anti-democratic mentality of the Congress and "just one person", a reference to then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
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Opinion | 50 Years Since Emergency: What Really Fuelled Indira Gandhi's Insecurity
The roots of the political crisis that led to Emergency lay in the factional politics of Congress.
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Congressmen "So Disgusted With Sanjay Gandhi That...": Indira Gandhi Aide In Book
As principal secretary to Indira Gandhi in the run up to the Emergency, PN Dhar had a rare insight into the goings-on of the period, and one person who gets the most unflattering portrayal in his otherwise sober account of the era is Sanjay Gandhi.
