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Karisma Kapoor
Indian actress.
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Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
The Emergency 1975–77: India’s Twenty-One-Month Night
At the stroke of midnight in June 1975, India's democracy hit the pause button. Newspapers went blank, opposition leaders vanished into jails, and silence fell over the world's…
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