Fifty years ago, on June 25, India’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, citing a threat to internal security, imposed an Emergency on the country. In the 21 months that followed, thousands of opposition ...
Author Srinath Raghavan provides the context of the major political decisions that India’s former prime minister made.
At midnight on 25 June 1975, India - a young democracy and the world's largest - froze. Then prime minister Indira Gandhi had just declared a nationwide Emergency. Civil liberties were suspended, ...
During Indira Gandhi’s 1975 Emergency, Bollywood witnessed its own rebellion. Kishore Kumar was banned from All India Radio ...
Tharoor surprisingly came to Advani's defence, saying the BJP veteran should not be judged by one episode, citing the example of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.
Mumbai, Jun 25 (PTI) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the Emergency imposition 50 years ago was unfortunate, but former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had ...
Reflecting on the 41st anniversary of her martyrdom, a throwback on a leader whose vision, resilience and courage shaped a sovereign, self-reliant India ...
In the five decades since Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency on June 25, 1975, by citing “internal disturbances”, numerous books have been written about what i ...
After facing criticism for lauding LK Advani on his 98th birthday, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said it was unfair to ...
Two figures have dominated Bihar's politics over the past four decades. Both apprenticed in politics during the ...
Tharoor emphasised that like Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Advani's entire service should be considered, especially on his 98th ...