‘Was the declaration of emergency in 1975 necessary?’ Support your answer with any three suitable arguments.
Or
Explain any three lessons learnt from the emergency imposed in 1975.
Yes, the declaration of Emergency in 1975 was necessary.
Arguments:
(i) Internal disturbances and agitations in the country.
(ii) Grave crises had arisen which made the proclamation necessary.
(iii) Political mood of the country had turned hostile.
Or
Lesson learnt from Emergency:
(i) One lesson of Emergency is that it is extremely difficult to do away with democracy in India.
(ii) It brought out some ambiguities regarding the Emergency provisions in the Constitution that have been rectified since.
(iii) Emergency made every one more aware of the value of civil liberties.