Rahul Sinha, lives in India
Question asked: Why did Indira Gandhi declare emergency in India? What exactly did happen during that period?
Lets put first things first. So, in this the first thing is what’s the emergency?
Emergency is a state where your fundamental rights used to be suspended. It means that state can take any action and people have no rights to oppose the orders. During emergency, thousands of people arrested and put behind the bars without trials. The media has no rights to report. Mass sterilization were conducted. And, States policies completely implemented with the force. So, this is what emergency state is.
Emergency was declared in India for 21 months (1975-77). Fakruddin Ali Ahmad was the President & Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India.