Indian Emergency (1975–1977)

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The Indian Emergency (1975–1977) was a 21-month period of authoritarian rule in India marked by suspension of civil liberties, press censorship, and mass arrests under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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Generate an image of the Indian Emergency (1975–1977) (The Indian Emergency (1975–1977) was a 21-month period of authoritarian rule in India marked by suspension of civil liberties, press censorship, and mass arrests under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political event ⓘ
state of emergency ⓘ
associatedWith Indian National Congress ⓘ
Indira Gandhi government ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi
characterizedBy authoritarian rule ⓘ
curtailment of fundamental rights ⓘ
mass arrests of political opponents ⓘ
press censorship ⓘ
rule by decree ⓘ
suspension of civil liberties ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 352 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
declaredBy Indira Gandhi ⓘ
describedAs dark period for Indian democracy ⓘ
duration 21 months ⓘ
endDate 1977-03-21 ⓘ
followedBy 1977 Indian general election ⓘ
defeat of Indira Gandhi ⓘ
formation of Janata Party government ⓘ
historicalPeriodWithin post-independence India ⓘ
impactOnConstitution 44th Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
impactOnJudiciary ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla decision ⓘ
imposedCensorshipOn Indian press ⓘ
involvedArrestsOf opposition leaders ⓘ
student activists ⓘ
trade unionists ⓘ
keyFigure Sanjay Gandhi ⓘ
ledTo strengthening of safeguards against future emergencies ⓘ
legalInstrumentUsed Defense of India Rules ⓘ
Maintenance of Internal Security Act ⓘ
opposedBy Atal Bihari Vajpayee ⓘ
George Fernandes ⓘ
Janata Party ⓘ
Jayaprakash Narayan ⓘ
Morarji Desai ⓘ
policyAssociatedWith family planning coercion ⓘ
forced sterilization campaigns ⓘ
slum clearance drives ⓘ
positionOfDeclarer Prime Minister of India ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
resultedIn political repression ⓘ
weakening of democratic institutions ⓘ
widespread human rights violations ⓘ
startDate 1975-06-25 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
triggerEvent Allahabad High Court verdict against Indira Gandhi ⓘ
political instability and opposition protests ⓘ

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Saleem Sinai → linkedTo → Emergency in India ⓘ
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Rohinton Mistry → workFocusesOn → Indian Emergency period ⓘ
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Baby Kochamma → supports → Indian Emergency ⓘ
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Jayaprakash Narayan → imprisonedBy → Government of India during the Emergency ⓘ
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ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla decision → period → Indian Emergency (1975–1977) ⓘ
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Nayantara Sahgal → subjectOfWriting → Emergency in India ⓘ
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