{"product_id":"saving-india-from-indira-hardcover","title":"Saving India from Indira [HARDCOVER]","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Goyal was not merely witness to history but an active participant in its making.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Arun Jaitley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring the nearly seventy-two years since Independence, India has deviated from democratic life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eonly once—during the twenty-one months of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving India from Indira describes the events leading up to, and during the darkest days of,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edemocratic India, as they actually unfolded. Recounted by J.P. Goyal, a key lawyer for Raj Narain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein the famous election case against Mrs Gandhi that led to the imposition of the so-called National\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmergency on 25 June 1975 at the behest of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, this no-holdsbarred\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eaccount of a crucial insider describes the twists and turns in this case in the Allahabad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHigh Court and the Supreme Court of India. It gives a blow-by-blow account of the battle that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGoyal, along with a battery of lawyers, waged in the Supreme Court to defend the Constitution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof India against the amendments that could alter its basic structure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis gripping narrative includes an account of Goyal’s meetings with political leaders in jail,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eincluding Jayaprakash Narayan and Raj Narain, and reveals many hitherto unknown facts that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGoyal was privy to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving India from Indira is a sharp memoir of one of those few who fought against the misdeeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof the dark era and recorded events for posterity.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44272440541441,"sku":"2TJWACBUP-Used","price":299.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/SavingIndiafromIndira.jpg?v=1674044612","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/saving-india-from-indira-hardcover","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}