India's First Dictatorship :The Emergency, 1975–1977

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Christophe Jaffrelot Pratinav Anil

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India's First Dictatorship :The Emergency, 1975–1977

Christophe Jaffrelot(Author) Pratinav Anil(Author)

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Published: 17 December, 2020

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In June 1975 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed a state of emergency, resulting in a 21-month suspension of democracy. Jaffrelot and Anil explore this black page in India's history, a constitutional dictatorship of unequal impact, with South India largely spared thanks to the resilience of Indian federalism. India's First Dictatorship focuses on Mrs Gandhi and her son, Sanjay, who was largely responsible for the mass sterilisation programmes and deportation of urban slum-dwellers. However, it equally exposes the facilitation of authoritarian rule by Congressmen, Communists, trade unions, businessmen and the urban middle class, as well as the complacency of the judiciary and media. While opposition leaders eventually closed ranks in jail, many of them—especially in the RSS—tried to collaborate with the new regime. Those who resisted the Emergency, in the media or on the streets, were few in number. This episode was an acid test for India's political culture. While a tiny minority of citizens fought for democracy during the Emergency, in large numbers the people bowed to the strong woman in power, even worshipped her. Equally importantly, Hindu nationalists were endowed with a new legitimacy. Yet, the Emergency was neither a parenthesis, nor so much a turning point but a concentrate of a style of rule that is very much alive today.

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ISBN13	9781787384026
ISBN10	1787384020
Number Of Pages	600
Item Weight	1000 g
Publisher / Reseller	C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format	hardback

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'A timely reminder that India’s hard-won democratic ethos cannot be taken for granted. … [India’s First Dictatorship] is a compelling account, which displays an extraordinary grasp of the political milieu that led to the state of emergency and provides a level of detail about its consequences never before attempted.'

-- Foreign Policy

‘[Christophe Jaffrelot and Pratinav Anil] must be complimented for pointing out among other things that democracy had not then, and still has not, become as deep-rooted in India as is necessary for it to strengthen the institutions of the state and benefit all sections of the people… [India’s First Dictatorship] is a welcome … addition to the existing material, most of which either tends to glorify the emergency and play down its excesses, or to vilify the principal participants in that sorry episode of Indian history.’

-- The Commonwealth Lawyer

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Christophe Jaffrelot is Research Director at CNRS, Sciences Po and Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at the King’s India Institute. Hurst has published nine of his books, most recently the co-edited Majoritarian State. Pratinav Anil, a Clarendon scholar, is a DPhil candidate at St John’s College, University of Oxford.

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India's First Dictatorship :The Emergency, 1975–1977

Christophe Jaffrelot Pratinav Anil

4.38 ( 50 Ratings by Goodreads)