33K views · 1.1K reactions | Yesterday our chopper had to make an emergency landing in a remote village in Tamil Nadu, India. The people there have very little, with limited access to the outside world. We heard their problems & assured them that our volunteers will help. Every situation brings with it an opportunity to serve! | Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Facebook

Fifty years ago, in June 1975, India’s then prime minister Indira Gandhi declared a nationwide Emergency. Civil liberties were suspended, opposition leaders jailed and the press censored. In an interview with journalist Paul Saltzman in September 1975, Mrs Gandhi defended her decision to impose the Emergency, claiming it was necessary to safeguard the “country’s unity and integrity”. “I have not taken any powers whatsoever. We are functioning absolutely within the constitution,” she said. Watch

190K views · 4.3K shares | Emergency : Congress unleashed a dark chapter in India's history. #CongressKilledDemocracy | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | Facebook

273K views · 1.8K reactions | 43 years ago, on June 25, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi clamped a national emergency that's been termed the darkest day of Indian democracy | The Times of India | Facebook