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"Our Lips Were Sealed But...": Ex Tihar Official Recalls 1975 Emergency Days
"Our lips were sealed but our conscience wasn't," said a retired Tihar Jail official, claiming that during the 1975 Emergency, probe agencies covertly deployed officers inside the prison to monitor staff and political detainees.
Shahpur’s ‘unsung hero’ Rakesh Bharti was jailed second time during Emergency when he didn’t give up anti-Indira protests
Shrey Awasthi In the annals of Indian political history, the Emergency of 1975-77 stands as a chilling reminder of how democracy can be brought to its knees. Declared by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, it was a period marked by fear, censorship, illegal detentions and the throttling of constitutional rights. While many leaders are remembered for their resistance, thousands of unsung heroes lit the flame of defiance in small towns and vill…
The Muslim village that bore West-funded forced sterilisation during Emergency
More than 8 million men were forcibly sterilised before the Emergency ended in March 1977, including 6 million in 1976 alone, while nearly 2,000 people reportedly died due to botched surgeries carried out in poorly managed sterilisation camps.
Inside Tihar: Badminton, yoga, quiet talks birthed revolt against Indira during Emergency
New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI) Disguised as yoga, badminton and football sessions, the many conversations in custody between jailed leaders such as Nanaji Deshmukh, Vijaya Raje Scindia and Chaudhary Charan Singh laid the groundwork for a political revolt against Indira Gandhi, recalls a retired prison officer. H C Verma, who was assistant superintendent of Tihar jail, is now 76, his memories of Emergency, imposed 50 years ago today, razor sharp. "We we…
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