Question

Who was the president of India during the emergency period?
a) Zail Singh
b) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad
c) V.V.Giri
d) Zakir Hussain.

Answer 1

Hint: An emergency is a state of affairs that poses an instantaneous risk to health, property, life or the environment. Government was failing to regulate the price rise and fighting drought situations.so emergency was declared in the country due to rising internal threats resulting from the mass agitations and demonstrations.

Complete answer:
During this emergency period elections were suspended and council liberties were curbed. Press was censored and many opponents of Gandhi were also arrested. The emergency marked the violation of the sundry of human rights. In 1971, Indira Gandhi won the election and was hailed as an iron lady across the country, but after a few years of ruling she faced criticism and was alleged of bribing voters, and a petition was filed against her in Allahabad high court.

Allahabad High court found her guilty and judgment was passed against her. After the Judgement, she called an emergency meeting and then appealed to the Supreme court. The Supreme court put a complete stay on Allahabad high court judgment and allowed Indira Gandhi to remain the prime minister. After this decision, protests and demonstrations started against congress, and to suppress this uprising Indira Gandhi advised the then President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad to declare an emergency across the country.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B)

Note: She addressed the nation through the radio on ALL India radio and cited "Internal Unrest" as the reason for the declaration of this emergency period. The 21-March-1977 emergency period ended. It was the darkest and the most controversial phase of Indian History.