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HOW Indira Gandhi justified Emergency
Four reasons why Indira Gandhi declared Emergency
“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.
The nation, on the receiving
end of this piece of news, was as unsuspecting of it as were Gandhi’s
Cabinet ministers who had been informed just hours before the PM
proceeded to the AIR studio.
The proclamation of Emergency had been
signed by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed the previous night itself. Soon
after, newspaper presses across Delhi sank into darkness as a power cut
ensured that nothing could be printed for the next two days.
In the
early hours of June 26, on the other hand, hundreds of political
leaders, activists, and trade unionists opposed to the Congress Party
were imprisoned.
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suspended and freedom of speech and the press withdrawn. Indira Gandhi
justified the drastic measure in terms of national interest, primarily
based on three grounds.
First, she said India’s security and democracy
was in danger owing to the movement launched by Jayaprakash Narayan.
Second, she was of the opinion that there was a need for rapid economic
development and upliftment of the underprivileged.
Third, she warned
against the intervention of powers from abroad which could destabilise
and weaken India.
The months preceding the declaration of the Emergency were fraught with
economic troubles — growing unemployment, rampant inflation and scarcity
of food.
The dismal condition of the Indian economy was accompanied by
widespread riots and protests in several parts of the country.
Interestingly, the hitherto simmering borders of the country were rather
quiet in the years preceding the Emergency. “As if to compensate, there
was now trouble in the heartland, in parts of the country which, for
reasons of history, politics, tradition, and language, had long
considered themselves integral parts of the Republic of India,” writes
historian Ramachandra Guha in his book, ‘India after Gandhi.’
The
trouble began in Gujarat,
spread to Bihar and from there
to several
other parts of Northern India.
While the streets were raging against
Gandhi’s governance,
4-another challenge came to the doorstep of the prime
minister in the form of a petition filed in the Allahabad High Court.
The proclamation of Emergency had been signed by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on June 25, 1975 (Expres archive photo)
The Emergency (India) - Wikipedia
Film
- Gulzar's Aandhi (1975) was banned, because the film was supposedly based on Indira Gandhi.[98]
- Amrit Nahata's film Kissa Kursi Ka (1977) a bold spoof on the Emergency, where Shabana Azmi plays 'Janata' (the public) a mute, dumb protagonist, was subsequently banned and reportedly, all its prints were burned by Sanjay Gandhi and his associates at his Maruti factory in Gurgaon.[99]
- Yamagola a 1977 Telugu film (Hindi re-make Lok Parlok) spoofs the emergency issues.
- I. S. Johar's 1978 Bollywood Film Nasbandi is sarcasm on the sterilisation drive of the Government of India, where each one of the characters is trying to find sterilization cases. The film was banned after its release due to its portrayal of the Indira Gandhi government.
- Although Satyajit Ray's 1980 film Hirak Rajar Deshe was a children's comedy, it was a satire on the Emergency where the ruler forcefully mind washes the poor people.
- The 1985 Malayalam film Yathra directed by Balu Mahendra has the human rights violations by the police during the Emergency as its main plotline.
- 1988 Malayalam film Piravi is about a father searching for his son Rajan, who had been arrested by the police (and allegedly killed in custody).
- The 2005 Hindi film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi is set against the backdrop of the Emergency. The film, directed by Sudhir Mishra, also tries to portray the growth of the Naxalite movement during the Emergency era. The movie tells the story of three youngsters in the 1970s when India was undergoing massive social and political changes.
- The 2012 Marathi film Shala discusses the issues related to the Emergency.
- Midnight's Children, a 2012 adaptation of Rushdie's novel, created widespread controversy due to the negative portrayal of Indira Gandhi and other leaders. The film was not shown at the International Film Festival of India and was banned from further screening at the International Film Festival of Kerala where it was premièred in India.
- Indu Sarkar, 2017 Hindi political thriller film about the emergency, directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.
- 21 Months of Hell, documentary film about the torture methods performed by the police.
- Sarpatta Parambarai, 2021 Tamil language sports film which is set in the backdrop of the Emergency and shows the arrest of DMK political members.
MY PERSONAL OPINION -BECAUSE PRESIDENT NIXON OF AMERICA GOT ANGRY WHEN AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER WAS STOPPED BY SOVIET SHIPS NEAR CALCUTTA LEADING TO INDIA'S VICTORY OVER PAKISTAN IN 1971 LED TO ALL THE ABOVE TROUBLE FOR INDIRA GANDHI
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