When democracy was put on pause in India

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United Archives via Getty Images Former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (Photo by Sven Simon/United Archives via Getty Images) — Facing political turmoil and protests, Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency in 1975

At midnight on 25 June 1975, India – a young democracy and the world’s largest – froze.

Then prime minister Indira Gandhi had just…

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