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India witnessed the beginning of 21 months of the Emergency imposed by then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Fifty years after ...
Karnataka BJP faces legal trouble after an FIR was filed over a contentious social media post. The post allegedly likened ...
Some continued to wield political power even after the Emergency, others had their children enter politics & there are even ...
Emergency, Nayantara Sahgal, Nehru's niece, faced censorship for criticising Indira Gandhi's regime but continued to speak ...
A 1983 photograph of India’s then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
India’s Emergency silenced press freedom overnight, prompting newspapers to publish blank editorials in protest. This ...
Declared upon the recommendation of then PM Indira Gandhi in 1975, Emergency put thousands in prison and affected almost ...
In the latest episode of India Upfront, Pranesh Roy discusses Congress' 'Hitler intolerance' as the Karnataka government files an FIR after BJP compares Indira Gandhi to Hitler. BJP hits back—Modi can ...
The immediate trigger for Gandhi’s drastic step was a decision of the Allahabad High Court in 1975 that disqualified her from ...
An FIR has been lodged against BJP Karnataka for defaming former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by comparing her to Hitler in a ...
On this day in 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi invoked special constitutional powers to declare a national emergency. It ...
In a little-known episode from the Emergency era, former prime minister Indira Gandhi quietly donated a significant sum of Rs ...