Claim 183

Pre-censorship was imposed on all Indian newspapers on June 26, 1975, requiring editors to obtain government clearance before publishing news, editorials or photographs.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Pre-censorship was imposed on all Indian newspapers on June 26, 1975, requiring editors to obtain government clearance before publishing news, editorials or photographs.
Field: occurred_on
Value: Pre-censorship imposed June 26 1975
About: incident 1975-india-emergency-press-censorship
Source: The Emergency in India
Publisher: Press Information Bureau, Government of India
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current

Quotation from the source

Pre-censorship was imposed on all newspapers.