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provoked student opposition across Bihar. BCSS declared a statewide strike on 23 March. Meanwhile, JP visited Gujarat to witness the Nav Nirman movement on 11 February and declared his intention to lead on 30 March 1974. BCSS approached JP to lead the agitation while he was withdrawing himself from
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declared Indira Gandhi's election to the Lok Sabha in 1971 void on grounds of electoral malpractice. The court thus ordered her to be removed from her seat in Parliament and banned from running in elections for six years. It effectively removed her from the Prime Minister's office. She rejected
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and attended a conference of Citizens for Democracy, an organization demanding civil rights, held on 13 and 14 April. During May 1974 various students' and peoples' organisations kept demanding dissolution of the assembly and also demanded the government's resignation, but did not succeed.
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movement had done, but 42 out of 318 MLAs had resigned before that, including 33 from opposition parties. Many MLAs refused to resign. Government tried hard to stop people from reaching Patna for the movement and also
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government of Indira Gandhi. He realised the importance of fighting within the democratic system rather than a party-less democracy so he contacted opposition parties, which finally resulted in the formation of the
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even after he had asked for a month's parole for mobilising relief in areas of Bihar gravely affected by flooding. His health suddenly deteriorated on 24 October, and he was released on 12 November; diagnosis at
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during a budget session on 18 March 1974. They blocked all roads to the assembly and damaged government properties, including the telephone exchange and the residence of former education minister
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On 1 April 1974, Indira Gandhi responded to the Bihar Movement's demands for the removal of the elected government. She asked, "How can such persons who continue to seek favours from the
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convinced student leaders that he would look into demands. But students at colleges and universities kept protesting and damaging property. The killing of three students by police in
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movement resulted in the forced resignation of the Gujarat government, student protests had already begun in Bihar. Unlike the Nav Nirman movement, political student outfits like
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went on a hunger strike demanding it be held. The election was held on 10 June and the result was declared on 12 June 1975, with Congress losing. The same day(12 June 1975), the
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people ... dare to speak of corruption?" A silent student procession of 10,000 was held in Patna on 8 April. On 12 April, government opponents died in police firing at
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as a Chief Justice to get a favourable outcome in the case. JP opposed such a movement in his letters to Indira Gandhi and called for her to resign.
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won the chief ministership battle from the then Bihar Janata Party President Satyendra Narayan Sinha to become the Bihar Chief Minister in 1977.
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to safeguard her position on the night of 25 June 1975. Immediately after proclamation of emergency, prominent opposition political leaders
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After Indira Gandhi revoked the Emergency on 21 March 1977 and announced elections, it was under JP's guidance that the
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were arrested without any prior notice, so were dissenting members of her own party. JP was held in custody at
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Students Union organized a convention which invited student leaders from the whole state. They formed
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Opposition parties called a statewide strike from 1973. This resulted in police firing on strikers in
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Excerpted from 'Indira Gandhi, the "emergency", and Indian democracy' published in
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Total revolution: the final phase of Jayaprakash Narayan's political philosophy
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was chosen as a president. Among the several contemporary youth leaders were
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calls to resign and went to the Supreme Court. She recommended President
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was in excess and the Government had not handled the situation properly.
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On 5 June, he told people at a Patna rally to organize a protest at the
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Democracy and Dissent: (a Case Study of the Bihar Movement – 1974-75)
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Democracy and Dissent: (a Case Study of the Bihar Movement – 1974-75)
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Democracy and Dissent: (a Case Study of the Bihar Movement – 1974-75)
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Demanding the resignation of MLAs started on 4 November, much as the
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Unsuccessful socio-political movement in 1974-1975 in Bihar, India
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On 18 November, at a massive gathering at Patna, he spoke to the
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India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics
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India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics
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programme. Students also demanded dissolution of the
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(2011). 10: 926: 441:Bihar Legislative Assembly 397:Bihar Legislative Assembly 378:Bihar Legislative Assembly 331:Bihar Legislative Assembly 272:(AISF) connected with the 256:(ABVP) connected with the 467:She imposed a nationwide 337:, which was set on fire. 294:On 18 February 1974, the 238:Total Revolution Movement 158: 153: 121: 116: 104: 78: 70: 66:Corruption in public life 62: 52: 28: 23: 835:Raj, Sebasti L. (1986). 821:. S. Chand. p. 215. 513:Sampoorna Kranti Express 135:Indian National Congress 40:– 25 June 1975 517:Rajendra Nagar Terminal 497:Satyendra Narayan Sinha 477:Satyendra Narayan Sinha 374:Paralyse the Government 318:, Md Shahabuddin & 316:Chandradeo Prasad Verma 186:Satyendra Narayan Sinha 32:18 March 1974 361: 312:Bashistha Narain Singh 910:The Emergency (India) 858:Jayaprakash Narayan, 511:On 17 February 2002, 359: 614:Dhar, P. N. (2000). 453:Allahabad High Court 216:against misrule and 204:, also known as the 735:11 May 2018 at the 473:Jayaprakash Narayan 276:was also involved. 226:Jayaprakash Narayan 843:Radhakanta Barik, 756:. 10 February 2002 754:The Times of India 362: 325:BCSS called for a 310:, Narendra Singh, 163:Jayprakash Narayan 890:Protests in India 862:, 5 December 1975 809:978-81-7099-008-6 790:978-81-317-3465-0 712:978-81-7099-008-6 681:978-81-7099-008-6 630:978-0-19-564899-7 619:Business Standard 588:978-81-317-3465-0 431:End and aftermath 308:Sushil Kumar Modi 304:Lalu Prasad Yadav 283:, the capital of 198: 197: 149: 148: 108:Did not succeed, 917: 840: 831: 828:Total revolution 822: 813: 794: 766: 765: 763: 761: 746: 740: 727: 721: 720: 696: 690: 689: 665: 642: 641: 639: 637: 611: 600: 599: 597: 595: 572: 401:Total Revolution 390:Total Revolution 351:Bhoodan movement 320:Ram Vilas Paswan 296:Patna University 234:Sampoorna Kranti 222:state government 168:Shyam Sunder Das 123: 122: 47: 45: 39: 37: 21: 20: 925: 924: 920: 919: 918: 916: 915: 914: 875: 874: 854: 810: 791: 775: 773:Further reading 770: 769: 759: 757: 748: 747: 743: 737:Wayback Machine 728: 724: 713: 697: 693: 682: 666: 645: 635: 633: 631: 612: 603: 593: 591: 589: 573: 538: 533: 509: 486:Jaslok Hospital 433: 393: 340:Chief Minister 262:Samajwadi Party 246: 194: 193: 182: 171: 145: 137: 130: 58: 43: 41: 35: 33: 17: 12: 11: 5: 923: 913: 912: 907: 902: 897: 892: 887: 873: 872: 864: 853: 852:External links 850: 849: 848: 841: 832: 823: 814: 808: 795: 789: 774: 771: 768: 767: 741: 722: 711: 691: 680: 643: 629: 601: 587: 535: 534: 532: 529: 508: 505: 501:Karpuri Thakur 432: 429: 392: 387: 353:. 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Index

Protest march
street protest
riot
hunger strike
strike
emergency
Janata Party
Indian National Congress
Jayprakash Narayan
Shyam Sunder Das
Indira Gandhi
Abdul Ghafoor
Satyendra Narayan Sinha
Karpuri Thakur
Indian state
Bihar
corruption
state government
Jayaprakash Narayan
Indira Gandhi
Nav Nirman
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
Jana Sangh
Samajwadi Party
Lok Dal
All India Students' Federation
CPI
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh

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