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50 years of National Emergency

Kumari Sonali

50 years of National Emergency:

50 years ago, on 12th June 1975, the Allahabad High Court invalidated Indira Gandhi’s 1971 election in Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Shri Raj Narain Case, 1975 leading to the declaration of a national emergency (NE) on 25th June 1975 that continued till March 1977. It is a landmark in India’s constitutional and democratic history, arising from the 1971 general elections, where Prime Minister Indira Gandhi defeated socialist leader Raj Narain, leading to a legal challenge on grounds of electoral malpractices.

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