Indian Emergency (1975-1977)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Indian_Emergency_(1975-1977)

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Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	political event
gptkbp:arrested	gptkb:Defence_of_India_Rules gptkb:Maintenance_of_Internal_Security_Act_(MISA)
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:endDate	1977-03-21
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Indian Emergency (1975-1977)
gptkbp:impact	legal reforms erosion of democratic institutions public distrust of government strengthening of civil society
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:notableCase	gptkb:42nd_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:notableEvent	forced sterilization campaign censorship of the press mass arrests of political opponents slum demolition drives
gptkbp:notableInmate	gptkb:L._K._Advani gptkb:Sushma_Swaraj gptkb:Brij_Lal_Verma gptkb:J._P._Mathur gptkb:Madan_Lal_Khurana gptkb:Ram_Nath_Kovind gptkb:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee gptkb:Jayaprakash_Narayan gptkb:Sharad_Yadav gptkb:Yashwant_Sinha gptkb:Venkaiah_Naidu gptkb:Chandra_Shekhar gptkb:Morarji_Desai gptkb:Narendra_Modi gptkb:George_Fernandes gptkb:Kalyan_Singh gptkb:Subramanian_Swamy gptkb:Rajnath_Singh gptkb:Lal_Krishna_Advani gptkb:Shivraj_Singh_Chouhan Arun Jaitley
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Sanjay_Gandhi
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleDetained	over 100,000
gptkbp:precededBy	Allahabad High Court verdict against Indira Gandhi
gptkbp:reasonForSuspension	civil liberties elections press freedom
gptkbp:resultedIn	formation of Janata Party defeat of Congress in 1977 general election rise of opposition unity
gptkbp:startDate	1975-06-25
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:1977_Indian_general_election
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Gayatri_Devi gptkb:Raj_Narain
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6