The Emergency in India
Press Information Bureau, Government of India
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- https://www.pib.gov.in/FactsheetDetails.aspx?Id=149224®=48&lang=2
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- primary document
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- 2026-09-22
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- India imposes pre-press controls on every newspaper during the 1975 Emergency
- 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.
- Claim 184: From July 5, 1975, telex messages sent by foreign correspondents faced restrictions and prior screening by government censors.
- Claim 185: On February 1, 1976, the government consolidated the country's four major news agencies, Press Trust of India, United News of India, Samachar Bharati and Hindustan Samachar, into a single entity named Samachar.
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