Indira Gandhi

The NCP accuses Congress of insulting Sunetra Pawar with its 'gungi gudiya' remark and urges Sharad Pawar to seek an apology or leave the INDIA Bloc. The party also draws parallels to criticism once directed at Indira Gandhi.

Prime Minister Modi will visit Vizianagaram to inaugurate Bhogapuram airport on August 1. This marks only the second visit by a Prime Minister to the district since Indira Gandhi's 1983 Congress campaign at the Maharaja Stadium.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh highlighted former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange's role in strengthening India-NZ ties in the 1980s, including contributions to India's dairy sector and AIIMS. The article notes Lange's close relationships with Indian leaders Indira and Rajiv Gandhi.

J.P. Nadda stated that Rahul Gandhi should apologise for the Emergency. The statement was made in Patna during the Samvidhan Hatya Diwas programme by the Bihar BJP unit, marking the 51st anniversary of the 1975 Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi.

From June 25, 1975 to March 21, 1977, India experienced 21 months of uncertainty and fear under the internal Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The period marked a dark era for Indian democracy.

Indira Gandhi declared a 21-month Emergency in India, during which Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh was assassinated. Geopolitical events included a CIA-backed coup in Chile, an Arab oil embargo favoring the USSR, and student movements in Gujarat and Bihar led by Jaiprakash Narayan. A court ordered Gandhi's removal over an election rally charge, and Ziaul Haq later staged a coup in Pakistan.

Jairam Ramesh highlights Indira Gandhi's speech at the first UN conference on the environment as a milestone, alongside Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb, and MIT/Club of Rome's The Limits to Growth.