The immediate trigger for Gandhi’s drastic step was a decision of the Allahabad High Court in 1975 that disqualified her from ...

On this day 50 years ago, then prime minister Indira Gandhi declared Emergency, suspending rights and jailing rivals.

Emergency was the third national emergency, following the first in 1962 due to the war between India and China and the second ...

P.N. Dhar's account of the Emergency reveals Sanjay Gandhi's detrimental influence on Indira Gandhi's government, leading to ...

The fall of two Prime Ministers, Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai - as well as the (short-lived) anointment of a third, ...

On June 25, 1975, within one hour, India entered what is known as the darkest days of the world’s largest democracy. The then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi suspended civil liberties, arrested ...

The structural transformation of Indian politics since 1967 that shifted power towards the executive fastened the lurch towards authoritarian rule ...

It took three decades for the Emergency imposed by then-prime minister Indira Gandhi, a 21-month period marked by censorship ...

It said, 'In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 352 of the Constitution, I, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, ...

Some continued to wield political power even after the Emergency, others had their children enter politics & there are even ...

Sanjay Gandhi’s rise to power had resulted in the rise of a small but powerful clique within the Congress that often worked ...

According to JP, Indira Gandhi was not much of a danger to democracy. He said, it was Sanjay Gandhi and his gang.' ...