1 History & Culture · 1.6.1 Post-independence consolidation

1.6.1.8 Emergency 1975-77 and the Janata government

Faced with an adverse court verdict and a mass movement, Indira Gandhi had a national Emergency declared on 25 June 1975; it ended in March 1977 when the voters threw her out and the Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government at the Centre.

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Key terms

  • Emergency
  • Article 352
  • internal disturbance
  • Allahabad High Court
  • Raj Narain
  • MISA
  • 42nd Amendment
  • ADM Jabalpur
  • Shah Commission
  • Janata Party
  • 44th Amendment

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