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My days in Tihar jail: JNU and the Emergency of 1975

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Shivam Vij

By Sohail Hashmi Mrs Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, represented the Rai Bareli seat in the Lok Sabha. On 12th June 1975 she was unseated on charges of election fraud and misuse of state machinery in a landmark … Continue reading →

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