Witness: Witness Archive 2015
India's State of Emergency
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:08:59
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In 1975, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency to avoid a challenge to her political authority. Civil rights were suspended - and the abuses that followed ranged from slum clearances to mass sterilisation programmes. Delhi businessman Zaheer Pansari spoke to Witness about his memories of the time. (Photo: Billboards advertising sterilisation. BBC copyright)