A 107-metre-deep shaft was dug, and a nuclear device measuring 1.25 metres in diameter, placed on a hexagonal metallic tripod, was carefully lowered to the bottom and securely packed by the midnight of May 17–18, 1974.
In a pointed message on X, Dubey referred to the December 1978 precedent, when Indira Gandhi was expelled from the Lok Sabha and briefly imprisoned following the adoption of such a motion.
The conversation at 10.45 am Washington time was dutifully recorded and released as part of historical documents for the period by the State Department many decades later.
She is called the “iron lady of India.” But when did Indira Gandhi show the real steel in her?? Was it the day she won the war and split Pakistan into two or the day the Janata Party Government came to arrest her or the day she decided to impose emergency?
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Wednesday commemorated the 108th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, by shining a light on her profound and personal relationship with Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and his work.
The ‘Mukti Bahini’ (Liberation Army) of the exiled Government of Bangladesh, trained and aided by the Indian Army, entered Bangladesh from all sides and its ranks and strength swelled with the support and help of the local populace who got ready to fight the Pakistani Army.
The story of the rise and fall of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is one of the most fascinating and tragic of modern times.
Following 'Emergency's release on OTT, a fan remarked that Kangana Ranaut should win an Oscar. However, she does not care about the award.
As the world gears up to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, a pertinent question looms ~ how far have we truly come in achieving gender equality? In India, women have risen to positions of power, yet they continue to battle the deeply entrenched patriarchal mindset that seeks to diminish their contributions and limit their aspirations.
The opposition Congress remained absent in the Rajasthan Assembly on Thursday over the deadlock following satirical reference on former prime minister late Indira Gandhi by a minister and subsequent suspension of six MLAs last week.
