Explain any four consequences of emergency declared on 25 June, 1975.
The Consequences were:
(i) According to Shah Commission nearly one lakh eleven thousand people were arrested under Preventive detention laws.
(ii) Torture and custodial deaths occurred, arbitrary relocation of poor people and compulsory sterilization.
(iii) Formation of Janata Party and the defeat of congress in most of the states.
(iv) Democratic functioning were suspended and draconian measures were adopted.
Mention the main reason for the defeat of Congress Party in the elections of 1977.
What was the main demand of the railway men during the railway strike led by George Fernandes in 1974?
How far do you agree that the proclamation of emergency weakened the federal distribution of power in India ?
Why is the ‘Emergency’ and the period around it known as the period of Constitutional crisis? Explain.
