Arrange the following important events of the 1970s in chronological order.
A. Shah Commission of Inquiry
B. 42nd Constitutional Amendment
C. Decision in the Keshavananda Bharti Case
D. Declaration of Emergency
E. Jai Prakash Narayan led a people's march to the Parliament
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → C, E, D, B, A
C. Decision in the Keshavananda Bharti Case — 1973.
E. Jai Prakash Narayan led a people’s march to the Parliament — 1975, before the Emergency.
D. Declaration of Emergency — 25 June 1975.
B. 42nd Constitutional Amendment — passed during the Emergency.
A. Shah Commission of Inquiry — appointed in 1977 by the Janata Party government, after the Emergency.
NCERT (2026-27): “Conflict with Judiciary … You may remember that this crisis culminated in the famous Kesavananda Bharati Case. In this case, the Court gave a decision that there are some basic features of the Constitution and the Parliament cannot amend these features.… Two developments further added to the tension between the judiciary and the executive. Immediately after the Supreme Court’s decision in 1973 in the Keshavananda Bharati case, a vacancy arose for the post of the Chief Justice of India.… Gujarat and Bihar movements … Alongside the agitation led by Jayaprakash Narayan, the employees of the Railways gave a call for a nationwide strike. This threatened to paralyse the country. In 1975, JP led a peoples’ march to the Parliament. This was one of the largest political rallies ever held in the capital.… Crisis and response … On the night of 25 June 1975, the Prime Minister recommended the imposition of Emergency to President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. He issued the proclamation immediately.… Consequences … The Parliament also brought in many new changes to the Constitution. In the background of the ruling of the Allahabad High Court in the Indira Gandhi case, an amendment was made declaring that elections of Prime Minister, President and Vice-President could not be challenged in the Court. The forty-second amendment was also passed during the Emergency. You have already studied that this amendment consisted of a series of changes in many parts of the Constitution.…”
NCERT (2026-27), Exercise 5, chapter ‘The Crisis of Democratic Order’: |
