- June 25, 1975 to March 21, 1977.
- 635 days | 1 year, 8 months, 24 days | 20 months, 24 days.
- 1971 | Indira Gandhi involved in electoral malpractices | alleged and complained by Raj Narain.
- Filed the case | he alleged Indira Gandhi used tools like bribery and government machinery to swing the outcome in her favour.
- 1971 Rae Bareli result | Indira Gandhi (66.35% of votes) | Raj Narain (SSP) (25.88% of votes).
- 12 June 1975 | Allahabad high court says Indira Gandhi is guilty of electoral malpractice.
- What the High Court judgement meant | Indira was disqualified | and barred from holding an elected office for 6 years.
- 22 June 1975 | rallies and protest by opposition leaders | the call | to start daily anti-government protest.
- 24 June 1975 | the Supreme Court’s stay on the Allahabad High Court judgement | allowed Indira to remain India’s PM till review of her appeal | but barred her from voting with no MP privileges.
- 25 June 1975 | large anti-government rally in Delhi led by Jayaprakash Narayan (JP).
- 25 June 1975 | few minutes before the midnight | on advice of then PM Indira Gandhi | India’s President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed declared a state of Emergency.
- 26 June 1975 | The Emergency was ratified by then Union Cabinet.
- 28 June 1975 | The Indian Express | carried a blank editorial.
- 28 June 1975 | The Times of India | published an obituary for democracy.
- 30 June 1975 | Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) amended | through an ordinance | any individual voicing against the government could be detained, without trial.
- 1 July 1975 | Indira’s 20-point programme | for economic and social reform | add to it Sanjay Gandhi’s 5-point programme.
- 5 July 1975 | 26 political organizations banned | RSS banned | Jamaat-e-Islami banned.
- 23 July 1975 | The Emergency was approved by the Rajya Sabha.
- 24 July 1975 | The Emergency was approved by the Lok Sabha.
- 5 August 1975 | MISA was imposed across India.
- The Indian Constitution was amended many times | to kept 64 laws out of the judicial scrutiny.
- Estimates | over 1 lakh arrested | including important leaders then | some went underground | some left India.
- 4 May 1976 | AIR and Doordarshan banned Kishore Kumar’s songs | he was a vocal critic.
- 1 September 1976 | mandatory sterilisation programme begins | to control population.
- 2 November 1976 | the Constitution’s 42nd Amendment | then GOI given extraordinary powers | power of India’s judiciary curtailed | to examine the constitutional validities of the laws.
- 18 January 1977 | political prisoners released | Indira Gandhi calls for fresh elections.
- 20 January 1977 | Lok Sabha dissolved.
- 24 January 1977 | Indira Gandhi’s and INC’s rivals form Janata Party | led by Morarji Desai.
- Initially, the ECI didn’t recognize the Janata Alliance | so, elections were fought under the BLD umbrella | + Congress (O) in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
- 16 March 1977 | General Election result | Janata Party won 298 seats out of 542 seats | Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi lost their seats.
- 1977 Rae Bareli result | Raj Narain (BLD) (53.51% of votes) | Indira Gandhi (36.89% of votes).
- 1977 Amethi result | Ravindra Pratap Singh (BLD) (60.47% of votes) | Sanjay Gandhi (34.47% of votes).
- 1977 overall result | Janata Party (298 seats) | INC (154 seats) – its lowest then.
- 21 March 1977 | The Emergency was officially withdrawn.
- 24 March 1977 | Morarji Desai took oath as India’s PM | first non-Congress coalition government nationally.
- May 11, 1977 | the Janata Party was recognized as a national party by the ECI.
