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#ExpressResearch | “The President has proclaimed Emergency. There is nothing to panic about.” The words of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi blared from the All India Radio in the wee hours of June 26.
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The goal of the 21-month-long Emergency in the country was to control “internal disturbance”, for which the constitutional rights were suspended and freedom of speech and the press withdrawn.
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Indira Gandhi justified the drastic measure on:
1. India’s security and democracy was in danger
2. There was a need for rapid economic development
3. She warned against the intervention of powers from abroad which could destabilise and weaken India.
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1. India’s security and democracy was in danger
2. There was a need for rapid economic development
3. She warned against the intervention of powers from abroad which could destabilise and weaken India.
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