The Emergency in India was a 21 month period from 1975 to 1977 when prime minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency across India by citing internal and external threats to the country.
Jayaprakash Narayan on a 2001 stamp of India. He is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the Indian Emergency, for whose overthrow he had called for a "total revolution".
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1974 to 1977.
The Emergency (India)
…minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency across India by citing internal and external threats to the country. Officially issued by president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352 of the Constitution of India because of a prevailing "Internal Disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June 1975 and ended…
President Ahmed being administered the oath of office by Chief Justice A. N. Ray.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed in his study, Rashtrapati Bhavan
President Ahmed administering the oath of office of the Vice President of India to B.D. Jatti on August 31, 1974. Jatti served as acting president after Ahmed's death.