On this day (June 25), 47 years ago, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had imposed a nationwide state emergency which went down as one of the most notorious events in Indian history. It curtailed restrictions on civil liberties, press freedom and led to crackdowns against the Congress’ political oppositions. The order for imposing the Emergency was issued by President Fakhruddin Ali under Article 352 of the Constitution.
The 1975 Emergency order gave Indira Gandhi the authority to rule by decree wherein civil liberties were curbed. During the 1975 Emergency, opposition leaders were arrested, elections postponed, anti-government protests crushed and press censored. Some laws were even rewritten to suit the government. Draconian laws like MISA were strengthened. The government suspended the right to move court for enforcement of Fundamental Rights. Also, an external Emergency was already in place even before the imposition of the internal one.
With the suspension of the fundamental rights, several citizens, journalists and politicians including opposition leaders like Vijayaraje Scindia, Jaiprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, Chaudhary Charan Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani were arrested without any trial.
Threat to national security and bad economic conditions were cited as some of the reasons for the historic declaration. In Tamil Nadu, the Karunanidhi government was dissolved. The DMK leader’s son M.K. Stalin was arrested amidst protests under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.
Fresh elections were called after the Emergency officially ended. Congress lost by a large margin, resulting in the Janata Party's Morarji Desai becoming the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India.
What happened in 1975?
The 1975 Emergency was the third national emergency, first one being in 1962 when China invaded India while the second one was in 1971 during the war with Pakistan.The 1975 Emergency order gave Indira Gandhi the authority to rule by decree wherein civil liberties were curbed. During the 1975 Emergency, opposition leaders were arrested, elections postponed, anti-government protests crushed and press censored. Some laws were even rewritten to suit the government. Draconian laws like MISA were strengthened. The government suspended the right to move court for enforcement of Fundamental Rights. Also, an external Emergency was already in place even before the imposition of the internal one.
With the suspension of the fundamental rights, several citizens, journalists and politicians including opposition leaders like Vijayaraje Scindia, Jaiprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, Chaudhary Charan Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani were arrested without any trial.
Threat to national security and bad economic conditions were cited as some of the reasons for the historic declaration. In Tamil Nadu, the Karunanidhi government was dissolved. The DMK leader’s son M.K. Stalin was arrested amidst protests under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.
Fresh elections were called after the Emergency officially ended. Congress lost by a large margin, resulting in the Janata Party's Morarji Desai becoming the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India.
Exactly, Due to India's stake of Ahimsa many Countries thought us to be weak, and those invasion wars by Both the countries Pak and China marked a black Day for us. There were many Drawbacks from the side of government too as well as correct