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'Emergency was a time when everyone was scared'

Rajeev Srinivasan tells how he came very close to being another number in...

Emergency: Why Rajan's story resonates with me

Rajeev Srinivasan tells how he came very close to being another number in...

Remembering Emergency, Modi tweets let's do everything to strengthen democracy

The PM targeted the Congress, which was in power at the time, and said: "Let...

Indira Gandhi: Goddess and her terror turn

Forty years after the declaration of Emergency by Indira Gandhi, the Sunanda...

Fundamental liberties could be curtailed again: LK Advani

'I don't have the confidence that Emergency cannot happen again,' says BJP...

Coverage 2010 - The Emergency: India's darkest hour, 35 years later

A series marking 35 years of Emergency.

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Exclusive: L K Advani on the Emergency

'The Emergency showed the Congress'level of commitment to democracy, freedom...

'Power corrupts and nobody wants to let go of it'

'No political office anywhere in the world holds as much clout and influence...

The man who defied Indira Gandhi

'Dialogue is the soul of democracy which should not be denied, but it was by...

Why Indira Gandhi withdrew the Emergency

'In the world she was being described as a dictator and she wanted to prove...

'Mrs Gandhi was not inclined to declare Emergency'

R K Dhawan was considered Mrs Indira Gandhi's Man Friday, her shadow, and was...

'The bristles of the CM's beard stood on end'

'When All India Radio asked to stand by for an important broadcast, the...