Born in Delhi, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth President of Independent India. While he had a rich legacy, Ahmed is most ...

At the stroke of midnight, the President of India signed a document sent by then prime minister Indira Gandhi. It said, 'In ...

India witnessed the beginning of 21 months of the Emergency imposed by then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Fifty years after ...

Here is the timeline of the Emergency that lasted for 21 months, which is considered as the darkest period in the history of ...

On a quiet June night in 1975, President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed made a decision that would change the course of Indian ...

President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s approval of the 1975 Emergency proclamation, without Cabinet consultation, has been widely ...

On this day in 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi invoked special constitutional powers to declare a national emergency. It ...

Emergency was imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi just before the midnight of June 25, 1975. President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed issued the proclamation at Gandhi’s behest which was later ratified ...

During the Emergency, over 200 journalists were jailed, press was censored, and news agencies merged as Indira Gandhi clamped ...

June 25, 2025 would be the 50th anniversary of the 1975 State Emergency declared by then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ...

President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, upon the request of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a National Emergency under Article ...