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India's Date With Democracy

Twelfth June is a significant date. It was on this day, 38 years ago, that a sitting PM was unseated

Originally published in Live Mint

Depending on the year, virtually every single date in the calendar takes some significance. Going as far back as 1665, on 12 June, the English renamed New Amsterdam as New York. In 1964, on the same date, Nelson Mandela was jailed for life as he campaigned for an end to the oppression of black South Africans.

Depending on the year, virtually every single date in the calendar takes some significance. Going as far back as 1665, on 12 June, the English renamed New Amsterdam as New York. In 1964, on the same date, Nelson Mandela was jailed for life as he campaigned for an end to the oppression of black South Africans.
Twelfth June is also an important date for Indian democracy. On this date in 1975, judge Jagmohan Lal Sinha of the Allahabad high court declared prime minister Indira Gandhi’s election to the Lok Sabha void, unseating her as prime minister. The series of events before and after the verdict are quite remarkable and worth revisiting.
Depending on the year, virtually every single date in the calendar takes some significance. Going as far back as 1665, on 12 June, the English renamed New Amsterdam as New York. In 1964, on the same date, Nelson Mandela was jailed for life as he campaigned for an end to the oppression of black South Africans.Twelfth June is also an important date for Indian democracy. On this date in 1975, judge Jagmohan Lal Sinha of the Allahabad high court declared prime minister Indira Gandhi’s election to the Lok Sabha void, unseating her as prime minister. The series of events before and after the verdict are quite remarkable and worth revisiting.
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