Indian Emergency (1975–77)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Indian_Emergency_(1975–77)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	political event
gptkbp:arrested	activists journalists political opponents
gptkbp:cause	internal disturbance
gptkbp:censorship	gptkb:The_Indian_Express gptkb:Hindustan_Times gptkb:The_Times_of_India
gptkbp:country	gptkb:India
gptkbp:declaredBy	gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:detentionLaw	gptkb:Defence_of_India_Rules gptkb:Maintenance_of_Internal_Security_Act_(MISA)
gptkbp:endDate	1977-03-21
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Indian Emergency (1975–77)
gptkbp:impact	gptkb:political_repression public protests human rights violations rise of opposition unity curtailment of press freedom
gptkbp:internationalResponse	criticism from Amnesty International criticism from US government
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Article_352_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:L._K._Advani gptkb:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee gptkb:Jayaprakash_Narayan gptkb:Morarji_Desai gptkb:George_Fernandes
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:censorship forced evictions mass sterilization campaign
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Sanjay_Gandhi
gptkbp:parliament	gptkb:42nd_Amendment Constitutional amendments
gptkbp:reasonForSuspension	civil liberties elections press freedom
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:1977_Indian_general_election gptkb:Indira_Gandhi gptkb:Sanjay_Gandhi gptkb:Janata_Party gptkb:Constitution_of_India gptkb:42nd_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India gptkb:Maintenance_of_Internal_Security_Act
gptkbp:resultedIn	defeat of Congress in 1977 elections formation of Janata Party restoration of democracy
gptkbp:startDate	1975-06-25
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hazaaron_Khwaishein_Aisi
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7