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Coverage - Democracy's Darkest Hour

Tue, Nov 5, 2024
Coverage 2010 - The Emergency: India's darkest hour, 35 years later

A series marking 35 years of Emergency.

K R Sunder Rajan reflects on that dark hour in fifty years of Freedom, the Emergency

Thu, Jun 25, 2015
'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...

Sat, Jun 20, 2015
Indira Gandhi: Goddess and her terror turn

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

Thu, Jun 18, 2015
Fundamental liberties could be curtailed again: LK Advani

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

Mon, Jun 28, 2010
'Mrs Gandhi was not inclined to declare Emergency'

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

Fri, Jun 25, 2010
'Power corrupts and nobody wants to let go of it'

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

Why Indira Gandhi withdrew the Emergency

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

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

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

Thu, Jun 24, 2010
Exclusive: L K Advani on the Emergency

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

The man who defied Indira Gandhi

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

Wed, Jun 23, 2010
What Indira Gandhi's Emergency proved for India

'If Indira Gandhi's Emergency proved anything at all, it established that...

Tue, Jun 28, 2005
FAQs: India's 19 months of darkness

Rediff.com presents a primer on the Emergency.

Mon, Jun 27, 2005
People who Defined the Emergency

Rediff.com presents a primer on the Emergency.

Fri, Jun 24, 2005
'It was the darkest period of Indian democracy'

Retired IAS officer R V Chandramouli recalls the Emergency 30 years on.