Question

Who was the President of India during the emergency of 1975-1977?
1. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
2. Varahagiri Venkatagiri
3. R Venkataraman
4. Giani Zail Singh

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

The correct answer is Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.

• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the President of India during the emergency of 1975-1977.

• Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed proclaim a state of national emergency on 25 June 1975.
• Shah Commission was a commission of inquiry appointed by the Government of India in 1977 to inquire into all the excesses committed in the Indian Emergency (1975 - 77).

• It was headed by Justice J.C. Shah, a former Chief Justice of India.
• In the history of independent India, a state of emergency has been declared thrice.
• The first instance was between 26 October 1962 to 10 January 1968 during the India-China war, when "the security of India" was declared as being "threatened by external aggression".
• The final decision to impose an emergency was proposed by Indira Gandhi, agreed upon by the president of India, and thereafter ratified by the cabinet and the parliament (from July to August 1975), based on the rationale that there were imminent internal and external threats to the Indian state.