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India's First Dictatorship - The Emergency, 1975-1977 (Hardcover)
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India's First Dictatorship - The Emergency, 1975-1977 (Hardcover)
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In June 1975 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed a state of
emergency, resulting in a 21-month suspension of democracy.
Jaffrelot and Anil explore this black page in India's history, a
constitutional dictatorship of unequal impact, with South India
largely spared thanks to the resilience of Indian federalism.
India's First Dictatorship focuses on Mrs Gandhi and her son,
Sanjay, who was largely responsible for the mass sterilisation
programmes and deportation of urban slum-dwellers. However, it
equally exposes the facilitation of authoritarian rule by
Congressmen, Communists, trade unions, businessmen and the urban
middle class, as well as the complacency of the judiciary and
media. While opposition leaders eventually closed ranks in jail,
many of them-especially in the RSS-tried to collaborate with the
new regime. Those who resisted the Emergency, in the media or on
the streets, were few in number. This episode was an acid test for
India's political culture. While a tiny minority of citizens fought
for democracy during the Emergency, in large numbers the people
bowed to the strong woman in power, even worshipped her. Equally
importantly, Hindu nationalists were endowed with a new legitimacy.
Yet, the Emergency was neither a parenthesis, nor so much a turning
point but a concentrate of a style of rule that is very much alive
today.
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