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	Podcast:		Witness: Witness Archive 2015
	Episode:		India's State of Emergency
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:08:59
	Publish Date:		2015-04-08 02:50:00
	Description:		In 1975, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency to avoid a challenge to her political authority. Civil rights were suspended - and the abuses that followed ranged from slum clearances to mass sterilisation programmes. Delhi businessman Zaheer Pansari spoke to Witness about his memories of the time. (Photo: Billboards advertising sterilisation. BBC copyright)
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