Compare: who did what, when in India

Each row is a tactic and each column a country. A cell lists the dated incidents in which that country's government used that tactic, with the head of government at the time and the outcome. Every incident links to its sources.

5 incidents, 7 tactics, 1 country.

Tactics by country
Tactic	India
Licensing and closure of outlets	June 26, 1975 India imposes pre-press controls on every newspaper during the 1975 Emergency. Indira Gandhi. Reversed. Issue of the day: A court had found Prime Minister Gandhi guilty of election malpractice shortly before the Emergency began, and her government cited threats to internal stability in declaring the state of emergency and imposing press press controls the next day.
Prior restraint	June 26, 1975 India imposes pre-press controls on every newspaper during the 1975 Emergency. Indira Gandhi. Reversed. Issue of the day: A court had found Prime Minister Gandhi guilty of election malpractice shortly before the Emergency began, and her government cited threats to internal stability in declaring the state of emergency and imposing press press controls the next day. February 14, 2023 Indian tax authorities search BBC offices weeks after Modi documentary ban. Narendra Modi. Unknown. Issue of the day: The searches followed the government's ban, weeks earlier, of the BBC documentary 'India: The Modi Question,' which examined Modi's record as Gujarat's chief minister during 2002 riots that killed mostly Muslims. March 2024 Bombay High Court strikes down India's government 'fact check unit' rule. Narendra Modi. Reversed. Issue of the day: The government said the Fact Check Unit was needed to combat misinformation about its own policies and announcements online, at a time when it separately faced criticism over content restrictions ahead of India's 2024 general election.
Insult and defamation laws	February 10, 2026 India: one-year prison sentence for the journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case, February 2026. Narendra Modi. Unknown
Surveillance and subpoenas	February 14, 2023 Indian tax authorities search BBC offices weeks after Modi documentary ban. Narendra Modi. Unknown. Issue of the day: The searches followed the government's ban, weeks earlier, of the BBC documentary 'India: The Modi Question,' which examined Modi's record as Gujarat's chief minister during 2002 riots that killed mostly Muslims.
Shutdowns and blocking	August 5, 2019 India imposes a communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir after revoking the region's special status. Narendra Modi. Ongoing. Issue of the day: The Indian government's August 2019 revocation of Article 370, which had granted Jammu and Kashmir a degree of constitutional autonomy since 1949.
Detention and violence	February 10, 2026 India: one-year prison sentence for the journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case, February 2026. Narendra Modi. Unknown
Official labels	March 2024 Bombay High Court strikes down India's government 'fact check unit' rule. Narendra Modi. Reversed. Issue of the day: The government said the Fact Check Unit was needed to combat misinformation about its own policies and announcements online, at a time when it separately faced criticism over content restrictions ahead of India's 2024 general election.

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