On June 25, 1975, hours before Emergency was declared, then oppn bigwigs rallied in Delhi. An eyewitness account of the last protest before Indira Gandhi suspended democracy for 21 months
Over the last 50 years, Delhi has changed dramatically. The city looks different, feels different. Yet, some iconic places appear roughly the same as they did during the heady days preceding Emergency.
The historic Ramlila Ground, close to Old Delhi’s Turkman Gate, is one such. To people of a certain vintage, memories echo strongly of a hot summer day in 1975 when the grounds were transformed into a stirring open-air theatre of public protest.
Read the full story on TOI+.
Views expressed above are the author’s own.
On June 25, 1975, hours before Emergency was declared, then oppn bigwigs rallied in Delhi. An eyewitness account of the last protest before Indira Gandhi suspended democracy for 21 months
Over the last 50 years, Delhi has changed dramatically. The city looks different, feels different. Yet, some iconic places appear roughly the same as they did during the heady days preceding Emergency.
The historic Ramlila Ground, close to Old Delhi’s Turkman Gate, is one such. To people of a certain vintage, memories echo strongly of a hot summer day in 1975 when the grounds were transformed into a stirring open-air theatre of public protest.
Read the full story on TOI+.
Views expressed above are the author’s own.
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