Even after 50 years, the wounds of the Emergency remain fresh: Even speaking out was a crime, electricity to newspapers was cut off overnight

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Emergency came into force in the country at midnight on 25 June 1975. The fundamental rights of the Constitution were suspended and even censorship was imposed on the press. Went. Thousands of political activists, journalists, students and social workers were arrested and sent to jail.

50 years of emergency.
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Electricity to newspapers was cut off overnight. The next day the editorial page of the newspaper was empty. People’s right to speak, write and protest was taken away. Even after 50 years, the memories of the Emergency are fresh in the eyes of those who saw and suffered it with their own eyes.