The Stormy Seventies-II

Itihaas - The Indian History Podcast

May 6, 201916:53Society & Culture

In the middle of the stormy decade, came an unprecedented political move- the emergency from 1975 to 1977. The democracy was almost dead for 19 long months. The 1977 elections, which came after this draconian rule, decim...

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