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churumuriDid a newspaper interview bring to an end Indira Gandhi’s dark Emergency whose hallmark was, ironically, censorship of the media?

Updated 5 Years Ago
By Krishna Prasad

ChurumuriDid A Newspaper Interview Bring To An End Indira Gandhi’s Dark Emergency Whose Hallmark Was, Ironically, Censorship Of The Media?
There is plenty of literature on why Indira Gandhi introduced Emergency on 25 June 1975: political unrest in Gujarat and Bihar; industrial strikes and labour protests; the Allahabad high court verdict disqualifying her for electoral malpractices; etcetera. Why did she dramatically call it off 21 months later, on 21 March 1977? A single sentence in…
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