"India: 'Democracy' Under A Relaxed Emergency?" Press Release

DESCRIPTION
Press release dated January 26, 1977 issued by the Concerned Committee of Indian Students (CCIS) at the University of California at Berkeley. Titled “India: ‘Democracy’ Under a Relaxed Emergency?”, the press release criticizes Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s relaxation of Emergency measures in early 1977 as a politically expedient ploy for votes in the March 1977 election.

THEMES
Activism

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Date: January 26, 1977
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Publisher: Committee of Concerned Indian Students, Committee for Human Rights
Location: Berkeley, California

PROVENANCE
Holding Institution: San Jose State University
Collection: South Asian Collection at San Jose State University
Digitizer: Xiaoda Wang
Item History: 2013-11-01 (created); 2015-10-05 (modified)

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