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Emergency 1975 - bulleted points

Bulleted points for Emergency - 1975 Source – ( https://indianexpress.com/article/research/four-reasons-why-indira-gandhi-declared-the-emergency-5232397/ ) ·          The proclamation of Emergency had been signed by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on June 25, 1975 ·          21-month-longs ·          Hundreds of political leaders, activists, and trade unionists opposed to the Congress Party were imprisoned. ·          Constitutional rights were suspended ·          Freedom of speech and the press withdrawn ·          There was economic trouble like unemployment before emergency Reasons – ·          It was to control “internal disturbance”,   acc. to Indira Gandhi, ·  ...