Mr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed did not choose to migrate to Pakistan ... He respected and feared Indira Gandhi. As a military man he knew only too well that a post-1971 Pakistan was no match for India.

The ADM Jabalpur case arose during the Emergency (1975-1977) when President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, on PM Indira Gandhi's government's recommendation, suspended fundamental rights under Article 359.

It was in the 1970s when India's the-then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared the state of emergency across the nation. Issued by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the Emergency was in effect from ...