Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad

How the events of 12 June 1975 launched a political revolution

On the 45th anniversary of the first non-Congress government, Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad describes the political intrigue, deals and treacheries of March 1977 that saw Morarji Desai become prime minister, outwitting Jagjivan Ram, Charan Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, each of whom had more MPs supporting them

A tragedy of errors and apathy led to the assassination of the father of the nation on January 30, 1948

The author, whose father HY Sharada Prasad was Information advisor to Indira Gandhi, examines the likely reasons why she relaxed the Emergency and called for elections

A peek into the crucial events from June 12 to June 26 of 1975, the day Emergency came into force

Looking back at the intriguing political deliberations of late March 1977 that saw the rise of the first non-Congress government at the Centre

Indira Gandhi was planning it from January 1975, long before the Allahabad High Court judgment

Patel and Morarji wanted to avoid communal violence and political instability at all costs