The Crisis of Democratic Order — Part 2: The Emergency and After: visual lesson, CBSE Class 12 Political Science

Lesson

The Emergency and After

Part 2 — what the Emergency changed, how it ended, and what India learned.

In this lesson you will

Describe how the Emergency was proclaimed and what it changed
Explain its consequences for rights, the press, federalism and the courts
Present the arguments for and against the Emergency
Explain the 1977 election, the Janata government and the lessons of the Emergency

Part 2 at a glance

Concept

Proclaimed on the night of 25 June 1975 under Article 352, citing internal disturbance.

Table of the proclamation: Article 352; ground internal disturbance; signed by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on the Prime Minister's advice; the Cabinet endorsed it the next morning; it lasted until March 1977
Question	Answer for 1975
Article	352 (national emergency)
Ground cited	Internal disturbance
Signed by	President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, on the Prime Minister's advice
Cabinet	Informed and endorsed the next morning
Lasted until	March 1977

Diagram

Four areas where the Emergency changed how democracy worked