***November 1969: Congress splits after Gandhi is expelled for violating party discipline.
***1971: Opposition leader Raj Narain lodges complaint of electoral malpractice against Indira Gandhi after losing the Lok Sabha election against her from Rae Bareli.
***1973-75: Surge in political unrest and demonstrations against the Indira Gandhi-led government.
Public protests rock the country from Gujarat to Bihar in the wake of high inflation, shortage of essential commodities and a rocky economy in the aftermath of the 1971 war against Pakistan.
***June 12, 1975: Allahabad High Court finds Gandhi guilty over discrepancies in the electoral campaign and declares her election null and void.
*** June 22, 1975: Opposition leaders address a public rally after calling for daily anti-government protests against the backdrop of the Allahabad High Court judgment.
*** June 24, 1975: Supreme Court rules Gandhi no longer enjoys parliamentary privileges. She is barred from voting but allowed to continue as Prime Minister.
*** June 25, 1975: Declaration of Emergency by president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on the advice of Indira Gandhi.
***June 26, 1975: Indira Gandhi addresses the nation on All India Radio, spells out reasons for imposing Emergency.
***September 1976: Sanjay Gandhi initiates mass forced sterilisation program in Delhi, forcing thousands of men to undergo vasectomy against their will.
***January 18, 1977: Indira Gandhi calls for fresh elections and releases all political prisoners.
***January 20, 1977: Lok Sabha dissolved after five years and 10 months.
***February 11, 1977: President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed dies in office.
***March 16, 1977: Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi defeated in Lok Sabha elections.
***March 21, 1977: Emergency officially comes to an end.
***March 24, 1977: Morarji Desai assumes office as Prime Minister of the Janata Party-led government.
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