Question

In which year, an Internal emergency was declared by Indira Gandhi?
A) 1974
B) 1975
C) 1976
D) 1977

Answer 1

Hint: The Internal Emergency in India was a 21-month period when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had a state of emergency declared across the country. Officially issued by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352 of the Constitution because of the prevailing "internal disturbance", the Emergency withdrawal finally happened on 21 March 1977.

Complete answer:
The final decision to impose an emergency was proposed by Indira Gandhi, also approved by the president of India, and thereafter ratified by the cabinet and the parliament based on the rationale that there were imminent internal and external threats to the Indian state.

Using the power given under Article 352 of the Indian Constitution; an internal emergency was imposed in 1975 during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister. The request offered to the Prime Minister the position to lead by pronouncement, permitting races to be dropped and common freedoms to be suspended. The Emergency is one of the most controversial periods in the history of Independent India.

So, option ‘B; 1975 is the correct answer. In 1975, an Internal emergency was declared by Indira Gandhi.

Note: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed declared a condition of the public crisis on 25 June 1975 till 21 March 1977. For a large part of the Emergency, the vast majority of Indira Gandhi's political adversaries were detained and the press was edited. A few other basic liberties infringements were accounted for from the time, including a mass constrained sanitization crusade initiated by Sanjay Gandhi, the Prime Minister's son.