Delhi Police Constable Exam Model Paper 10

The First Emergency in India was imposed due to theIndia-China war in 1962 .

Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime minister of India during the 1962 war.

There are three types of emergencies that can be imposed in India. These are:

1. National emergency (Art 352)
2. State emergency or presidential rule ( Art 356)
3. Financial emergency (Art 360)

• A national emergency can be imposed on these following grounds:

1. External aggression
2. Armed rebellion
3. War

• The feature of suspension of fundamental rights during the national emergency was borrowed from the constitution of Germany.
• The emergency provisions were taken from the Government of India act 1935 in the Indian constitution.
• Emergency provisions are defined in Part XVIII of the constitution.
• After the proclamation of a national emergency, all Fundamental rights got suspended, except Art 20 and 21.