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Nation 47 Years of Emergency

47 YEARS OF EMERGENCY

THIS DAY COMMEMORATES

REALISATION OF DEMOCRACTIC VALUES

The incident on this day, 47 years ago, made the country realise the importance of
democracy. The memory of this incident in Indian parliamentary history is not intended
to be disparaging of anyone, but rather to serve as a reminder of the strength and
power of Indian democracy. A state of emergency was declared in the country on June
25, 1975, between midnight and the morning of June 26. This is a page in history that
teaches us to strengthen our commitment to democracy and resolve so that the Indian
culture and heritage with which we moved forward will live on forever.

ndia handled the world's most dreadful COVID- period, the country faced numerous questions
like pandemic admirably in the 21st century. In about the future of democracy and people's
Iorder to protect life from this epidemic, today's fundamental rights. The previous government's
youth will remember the lockdown situation for policies influenced the answer for a variety of
the rest of their lives. Will these children, however, reasons. Many organisations associated with
realise that India's democracy was also under the nationality faced such restrictions at the start
world's longest lockdown? However, this was done of independent India's democratic journey, after
for reasons unrelated to the general public or the which the first constitutional amendment was
country's involvement in any war, rather than to introduced in Parliament in 1951-52. The issue of
save lives. Even the most basic rights were denied restricting free expression was heavily debated in
to ordinary people. Parliament. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee then
Following independence, India became a full spoke out forcefully in support of free expression.
republic in the form of a modern democracy, Then, from 1975 to 1977, an attempt was made to
with the people's elected government assuming concentrate power in the hands of a few individuals
control of governance. However, during this by declaring a state of emergency in the country.

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