Republic is not defined by what we see, history decides that how countries are shaped. As India is approaching its 77th Independence day, we thought why not to jump and tell people the story of India.

So we launched a series of episodes, discussing decade wise the events that shaped India.In this episode we discuss the era of 1970s. As we cannot discuss all the incidents, so in this episode of this series we focus on major events:Elections of 1971Bangladesh Liberation warBasic Structure DoctrineChipko MovementEmergency 1975Formation of Government by Janta partyEmergency 1975: Why it happened? The impact on Democracy: Ehttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-punditspodcast/episodes/Emergency-1975-Why-it-happened--The-impact-on-Democracy-e22hnqkReference material: Indian History (Bipin Chandra), India After Gandhi (Ramachandra Guha), A life in Diplomacy (MK Rasgotra), The Emergency: A Personal History (Coomi Kapoor). Online source material: The Hindu archives, Hindustan times archives.Follow me on Instagram: @thepunditspodcastTwitter: @anujjsharma_92