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NCERT Adds Emergency Era to Class IX Textbooks for the First Time
Times of India·Thursday, 25 June 2026
NCERT has introduced a chapter on India's 1975-77 Emergency period in the Class IX curriculum for the first time. The section covers the suspension of fundamental rights, censorship, and Jayaprakash Narayan's role. It appears in a chapter titled 'Understanding Society: India and Beyond', 51 years after the Emergency was declared.
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This directly affects millions of school students across India and shapes how the next generation learns about one of the most contested periods in Indian democratic history.
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