From a blank editorial to celebrating Indira and Sanjay's fall, a look at our finest hour - when we stood up to the Emergency so haughtily and arbitrarily imposed on an unwilling nation on June 25, 1975. 
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This is how Express stood up to 'The Emergency' declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975

From a blank editorial to celebrating Indira and Sanjay's fall, a look at our finest hour - when we stood up to the Emergency so haughtily and arbitrarily imposed on an unwilling nation on June 25, 1975.

TNIE online desk
A blank editorial space to capture a black chapter. This on June 28, 1975, three days after the Emergency was declared.
A newspaper clipping from June 28, 1975, mentioning the arrests made in the wake of Emergency.
Another clipping from June 28, 1975, reporting the DMK demand that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi withdraw Emergency.
Another clipping from June 28, 1975, three days after declaration of the Emergency.
The cartoon 'Very Private View on June 28, 1975 capturing succinctly the shock of Emergency.
This report from June 28, 1975 mentions Agriculture Minister Jagjivan Ram being placed under 'house arrest'.
This on the resignation of Additional Solicitor General F S Nariman on June 28, 1975 again.
This on the suspension of five Congress MLAs of West Bengal Assembly for 'gross breach of discipline' on June 28, 1975.
Indira, Sanjay fall, says this March 21, 1977 headline celebrating the withdrawal of 'The Emergency'.

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