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Who was the president of India at the time of declaration of Emergency in 1975?

AV.V. Giri

BShankar Dayal Sharma

CFakhruddin Ali Ahmed

DZail Singh

Answer:

C. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed


Related Questions:

Which article of the Constitution of India deals with the national emergency?
Who opined that, “The emergency power of the President is a fraud with the Constitution”?
If the announcement of the National Emergency has been approved by both Houses of Parliament, how long will it be effective?

Consider the following statements about the differences between Articles 358 and 359 of the Indian Constitution.

  1. Article 358 suspends Fundamental Rights under Article 19 only during an External Emergency, while Article 359 applies to both External and Internal Emergencies.

  2. Article 358 automatically suspends Fundamental Rights under Article 19, while Article 359 requires a Presidential Order to suspend the enforcement of specified Fundamental Rights.

  3. Article 359 allows the suspension of the enforcement of Articles 20 and 21 during an emergency.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

"The emergency due to the breakdown of constitutional machinery in a state :