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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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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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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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10 Leaders Who Emerged Strong From Indira Gandhi's Emergency
In what was a late All India Radio broadcast on June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi, the then-Indian Prime Minister, announced that the President had proclaimed Emergency.
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Indira Gandhi Imposed Emergency: Amit Shah Attacks 'Save Democracy' Rally
Rahul Gandhi has no right to talk about democracy as his grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi put lakhs of people in jail and banned political parties during the Emergency, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday.
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Indira Gandhi Urged DMK Not To Oppose Emergency, Says MK Stalin
Indira Gandhi had urged the DMK not to oppose the Emergency but then chief minister late M Karunanidhi had put democracy before his rule and opposed it, only to lose his government, Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin said on Saturday.
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Indira Gandhi Lifted Emergency, Apologised For Any Excesses: Congress
Congress on Sunday said it was former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who had herself lifted the Emergency and apologised for the excesses committed during it.
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Emergency Darkest Phase In India's Democratic History: Goa Chief Minister
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar described the imposition of Emergency in 1975 as the "darkest phase in the democratic history" of India.
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Indira Gandhi Misguided Country With Fake Democracy: Odisha Governor
Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal has said the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "personal and political vendetta" prompted her to declare the Emergency in 1975.
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On Indira Gandhi's Birth Centenary, Rajasthan Kids To Study Emergency
As the Congress gets ready to celebrate the birth centenary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 2017, Rajasthan's ruling BJP is preparing a counter-offensive, bringing into school syllabus a chapter on her controversial legacy -- the emergency of 1975.
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Indira Gandhi Wasn't Aware of Emergency Provision, Writes Pranab Mukherjee in Book
Indira Gandhi was not aware of the emergency provision in the Constitution and acted on advice from Congress leader Siddharth Shankar Ray when she imposed the Emergency of 1975-77, President Pranab Mukherjee has said in his new book, released online today on his 79th birthday.
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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.
-
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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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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10 Leaders Who Emerged Strong From Indira Gandhi's Emergency
In what was a late All India Radio broadcast on June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi, the then-Indian Prime Minister, announced that the President had proclaimed Emergency.
-
Indira Gandhi Imposed Emergency: Amit Shah Attacks 'Save Democracy' Rally
Rahul Gandhi has no right to talk about democracy as his grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi put lakhs of people in jail and banned political parties during the Emergency, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday.
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Indira Gandhi Urged DMK Not To Oppose Emergency, Says MK Stalin
Indira Gandhi had urged the DMK not to oppose the Emergency but then chief minister late M Karunanidhi had put democracy before his rule and opposed it, only to lose his government, Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin said on Saturday.
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Indira Gandhi Lifted Emergency, Apologised For Any Excesses: Congress
Congress on Sunday said it was former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who had herself lifted the Emergency and apologised for the excesses committed during it.
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Emergency Darkest Phase In India's Democratic History: Goa Chief Minister
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar described the imposition of Emergency in 1975 as the "darkest phase in the democratic history" of India.
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Indira Gandhi Misguided Country With Fake Democracy: Odisha Governor
Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal has said the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "personal and political vendetta" prompted her to declare the Emergency in 1975.
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On Indira Gandhi's Birth Centenary, Rajasthan Kids To Study Emergency
As the Congress gets ready to celebrate the birth centenary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 2017, Rajasthan's ruling BJP is preparing a counter-offensive, bringing into school syllabus a chapter on her controversial legacy -- the emergency of 1975.
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Indira Gandhi Wasn't Aware of Emergency Provision, Writes Pranab Mukherjee in Book
Indira Gandhi was not aware of the emergency provision in the Constitution and acted on advice from Congress leader Siddharth Shankar Ray when she imposed the Emergency of 1975-77, President Pranab Mukherjee has said in his new book, released online today on his 79th birthday.
