1975 Indian Emergency

Cover of 'Cinema and the Indian National Emergency'

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Straight Talk: Sitaram Yechury asking Indira Gandhi to resign as chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in 1977

Growing Up With Indira Gandhi

BY Mukul Kesavan

| Photo: HT/Rane Prakash : 1975 Emergency

Darkest Hour: Echoes Of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency Still Heard In India

BY Photo Webdesk

| Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav : 11 years of the NDA government

Congress Slams Modi Government: Alleges ‘Undeclared Emergency’ Over The Past 11 Years

BY Outlook News Desk

Aakar Books : 'Democracy' On Trial By Zoya Hasan

Book Excerpt |'Democracy On Trial: Majoritarianism And Dissent In India’ by Zoya Hasan

Drafting the Script: Indira Gandhi with West Bengal Chief Minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray

Emergency To Now: Coming Full Circle in Politics

BY Abhik Bhattacharya

Image Courtesy: Rita Sinha : From the Family Album:
Basawon Sinha and Kamala Sinha
on holiday in 1971 at Pahalgam, Kashmir

A Tumultuous Time | Emergency Diary

Roughed Up: Jayaprakash Narayan supporters clash with police personnel

The Saga Of Underground Resistance To The Emergency

BY R Balashankar

Photo: Indian Constitution : Art and Life: The art in the Constitution done under the direction of Nandalal Bose celebrates the diversity of our nation and its secular spirit

Lessons From The Emergency

BY Harish Khare

Outlook Talks | Senior Journalist Qurban Ali in Conversation with Rakhi Bose

Outlook Talks | Senior Journalist Qurban Ali in Conversation with Rakhi Bose

BY Outlook News Desk

Stoned Goddesses, 2013, Recycled Wood and Fibre, Artwork by Riyas Komu

There Is Always An Emergency

BY Chinki Sinha

Teaser | Indira Gandhi’s 1975 Emergency

Teaser | Indira Gandhi’s 1975 Emergency

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo: Suresh K. Pandey : In Living Memory: Qurban Ali at home with his father Captain Abbas Ali’s photo in the background

'Many Who Submitted Maafi Namas to Indira Govt Are Now Anti-Emergency Crusaders'

Photo: Getty Images : She lived India’s Politics all her Life:
Indira Gandhi, circa 1975

Indira Gandhi, The Nationalist

BY Prem Shankar Jha

Illustration: Vikas Thakur

Art & Entertainment

The Inevitability of Kangana Ranaut's 'Emergency'

BY Tanul Thakur

Iconic Image: Abu Abraham’s cartoon of then President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signing the Emergency declaration

Between Emergency And Now, Uncanny Parallels And Delicious Ironies

Getty Images : 1975: Indira Gandhi, declares India to be in a state of emergency, allowing her to jail her political opponents.

How 1975 Changed Indira Gandhi's Legacy

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Actor Kangana Ranaut as former prime minister Indira Gandhi in a still from the upcoming film 'Emergency'.

Art & Entertainment

Will Kangana Ranaut's 'Emergency' Add To BJP's Offensive?

BY Tanul Thakur

- PTI : BJP-led NDA MPs protest against 1975 Emergency outside parliament premises

The Return Of BJP’s Anti-Emergency Narrative

BY Outlook News Desk

Representational Image : Jayaprakash Narayan addressing a rally in Delhi’s Ramlila Ground in 1975 |

BJP To Launch Programme Against 1975 Emergency To 'Expose Authoritarianism' Of Congress

BY PTI

Kangana Ranaut

Art & Entertainment

Kangana Ranaut's Look From 'Emergency' To Be Revealed On Thursday

BY Outlook Web Bureau

Kangana Ranaut

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Kangana Ranaut Shares Throwback News Clipping On Emergency Anniversary

BY Outlook Web Bureau

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