Emergency

PTI -June 25, 2025

Delhi govt unveils Emergency exhibition featuring unpublished detention orders

Delhi govt unveils Emergency exhibition featuring unpublished detention orders

The exhibition featured never-before-seen documents and detention orders from the Emergency period (1975–77), including those of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Balraj Madhok, and Vijaya Raje Scindia.

PTI -June 25, 2025

Emergency: When Indira Gandhi donated Rs 90,000 for JP’s treatment

Emergency: When Indira Gandhi donated Rs 90,000 for JP’s treatment

A new book reveals that the donation, which Narayan declined, came at a time when his health had deteriorated and he required a life-saving portable dialysis machine.

PTI -June 25, 2025

Emergency silent conversations sparked revolt against Indira in Tihar

Emergency silent conversations sparked revolt against Indira in Tihar

H C Verma, who was assistant superintendent of Tihar jail, is now 76, his memories of Emergency, imposed 50 years ago today, razor sharp.

Anand Vardhan -June 14, 2018

The 1975 drama

The 1975 drama

What Hindi cinema said about the turbulent years of the Emergency, which shook up the Indian polity 43 years ago on June 25 On 25th June, the country will hauntingly recall the 43rd year since Indira Gandhi government declared the Emergency in 1975 to negate her disqualification from electoral politics for six years — a […]