Just 28 years after independence, the country had to go through the brunt of Emergency due to the decision of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. On the night of 25-26 June 1975, emergency came into force in the country with the signature of President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on the basis of the proposal of the Indira Gandhi government. Next morning the entire country heard the message in the voice of Indira Gandhi on the radio. It said- Brothers and sisters, the President has declared emergency. But common people do not need to be afraid of this.
To prevent the news of the June 25 rally held at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi from spreading across the country, the electricity of the newspaper offices located on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in Delhi was cut off in the night itself. At night, sitting in the room of Indira Gandhi’s special assistant RK Dhawan, Sanjay Gandhi and Om Mehta were making a list of those who were to be arrested.