Emergency (India) 1975

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political event
gptkbp:arrested activists
journalists
political opponents
gptkbp:cause internal disturbance
gptkbp:censorship enforced
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:declaredBy gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:endDate 1977-03-21
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Emergency (India) 1975
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Article_352_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee
gptkb:Jayaprakash_Narayan
gptkb:Morarji_Desai
gptkb:George_Fernandes
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Conservation_of_Foreign_Exchange_and_Prevention_of_Smuggling_Activities_Act_(COFEPOSA)
gptkb:Defence_of_India_Rules
gptkb:Maintenance_of_Internal_Security_Act_(MISA)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:constitutional_law
arrest of police officers
arrest of opposition leaders
forced evictions
mass sterilization campaign
expansion of executive powers
arrest of NGO workers
arrest of UN officials
arrest of academics
arrest of artists
arrest of business leaders
arrest of diplomats
arrest of foreign nationals
arrest of human rights activists
arrest of judges
arrest of lawyers
arrest of minority leaders
arrest of peasant leaders
arrest of religious leaders
arrest of social workers
arrest of student leaders
arrest of trade union leaders
arrest of tribal leaders
arrest of women's rights activists
arrest of writers
abolition of privy purses
curtailment of judiciary powers
ban on Anand Marg
ban on Jamaat-e-Islami
ban on RSS
ban on several trade unions
suppression of protests
arrest of student activists
arrest of activists
arrest of Dalit leaders
arrest of embassy staff
arrest of environmental activists
arrest of foreign correspondents
arrest of government officials
arrest of international journalists
arrest of opposition party members
railway strike suppression
arrest of intellectuals
introduction of 20-point programme
censorship of films
arrest of consular staff
abolition of bonded labour
arrest of cartoonists
arrest of editors
arrest of filmmakers
arrest of military officers
arrest of opposition party campaigners
arrest of opposition party candidates
arrest of opposition party donors
arrest of opposition party fundraisers
arrest of opposition party leaders
arrest of opposition party organizers
arrest of opposition party supporters
arrest of opposition party sympathizers
arrest of opposition party volunteers
arrest of opposition party workers
arrest of poets
arrest of publishers
introduction of 5-point programme
promotion of family planning
slum clearance drives
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Sanjay_Gandhi
gptkbp:notableReform gptkb:42nd_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleDetained over 100,000
gptkbp:precededBy Allahabad High Court verdict against Indira Gandhi
gptkbp:reasonForSuspension civil liberties
elections
press freedom
gptkbp:resultedIn defeat of Congress in 1977 elections
formation of Janata Party
restoration of democracy
gptkbp:startDate 1975-06-25
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Baadshaho
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7