The Emergency (India)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause internal disturbance
gptkbp:censorship true
gptkbp:constitutionalProvisionUsed gptkb:Article_352
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:declaredBy gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:electionsAfterEmergency gptkb:1977_Indian_general_election
gptkbp:endDate 1977-03-21
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Emergency (India)
gptkbp:impact gptkb:political_repression
forced sterilization campaign
curtailment of civil liberties
press censorship
gptkbp:massArrests true
gptkbp:mediaSuppression gptkb:The_Indian_Express
gptkb:The_Times_of_India
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Turkman_Gate_demolition
mass protests
abolition of fundamental rights
arrest of opposition leaders
formation of Janata Party
release of political prisoners
suspension of elections
censorship of press
Allahabad High Court verdict against Indira Gandhi
curtailment of judiciary powers
introduction of 42nd Amendment
lifting of press censorship
mass sterilization drives
restoration of democracy in 1977
return of civil liberties
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Sanjay_Gandhi
gptkbp:notableOppositionLeadersArrested gptkb:L._K._Advani
gptkb:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee
gptkb:Jayaprakash_Narayan
gptkb:Morarji_Desai
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleDetained over 100,000
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Janata_Party
gptkbp:presidentOfIndia gptkb:Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed
gptkbp:primeMinisterOfIndia gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Prevention_of_Publication_of_Objectionable_Matter_Act
gptkb:Maintenance_of_Internal_Security_Act_(MISA)
gptkbp:result formation of Janata Party government
defeat of Indira Gandhi
gptkbp:startDate 1975-06-25
gptkbp:suspendedConstitutionalRights true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:42nd_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkb:42nd_Amendment_(1976)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5