The Emergency Period during Indira Gandhi regime is often regarded as dark days of Indian Democracy. But what was the actual reason behind Indira Gandhi proclaiming the emergency of 1975? In this minidocumentary, I go in depth to explain the root causes and reasons behind it. Starting from 1969 and the infamous battle between the legislative and judiciary to pass the privy purse laws and the nationalisation of banks laws.

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Relevant Sources and Books for further reading:
https://www.theleaflet.in/remembering...
https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/...

Books:
The Dramatic Decade by Pranab MukherjeeIndia After Gandhi by Ramachandra GuhaThe Case That Shook India by Prashant Bhushan In the Name of Democracy

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Indira Gandhi vs Judiciary
4:24 Privy Purse issue
7:10 Centralization of Power
8:30 Opposition Protests
10:28 Election Fraud Allegations
11:30 How Emergency was Declared?
15:50 The Dark Days
16:40 Positives of Emergency?

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