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The Emergency in India

Press Information Bureau, Government of India

Address: https://www.pib.gov.in/FactsheetDetails.aspx?Id=149224&reg=48&lang=2 archived copy
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Last checked: 2026-11-07
Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20261018094451/https://www.pib.gov.in/FactsheetDetails.aspx?Id=149224&reg=48&lang=2

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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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