India’s First Dictatorship
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India’s First Dictatorship
The Emergency, 1975–77
Christophe Jaffrelot and Pratinav Anil
This book explores political, economic and personal aspects of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975, focussing on her leadership as well as that of her son Sanjay. It grapples with how 11 million Indians were sterilised and over a hundred thousand locked up during the period, as well as the role of the country’s institutions, including the Lok Sabha and the judiciary.
Harper Collins, Rs 899, 536 pages
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