Thirty Eight Years of Indian Emergency [ 26th of June 1975 ]

26 June 2013 :: The Indian Emergency completes its Thirty Eight Years on 26^th of June.  From  26^th of  June 1975 to 21^st of  March 1977 was a 21-month period, when President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, upon request by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, effectively bestowing on her the power to rule by decree, suspending elections and civil liberties.