The night of 25 June 1975 became a black spot in the history of Indian democracy, which we all know today as the Emergency. The decision to impose an Emergency was taken by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi ordered the Emergency on the midnight of 25–26 June 1975 and announced it in the morning. During this emergency, which lasted for 19 months, the government took many arbitrary decisions, and those who opposed them were put in jail. A large number of people, including top politicians, were imprisoned during the emergency. In the video, victims narrate the horrors, including nails being pulled out, forced vasectomy and others.
It was one of the most controversial periods in the nation’s history. It was proclaimed under Article 352 of the Constitution on the grounds of internal disturbance and had profound legal, political, and social implications. In the post-emergency general elections, Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay both lost their seats and were out of power.
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