8 January 1976Constitution of IndiaIndira Nehru Gandhi
Parliament extends its term during the Emergency and national elections are postponed.
Historical records for India in 1976, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Parliament extends its term during the Emergency and national elections are postponed.
Parliamentary elections are postponed during the Emergency.
Indira Gandhi addresses the Pugwash Conference in Madras and defends India's peaceful nuclear programme.
Indira Gandhi defends India's 1974 nuclear test and maintains that the programme serves national scientific and security objectives.
The Forty-second Amendment adds a constitutional list of Fundamental Duties for citizens.
The Forty-second Amendment adds socialist, secular and integrity to the Constitution's Preamble.
The Forty-second Amendment adds the words socialist and secular to the Constitution's Preamble and makes wide-ranging constitutional changes.
India and Pakistan restore full diplomatic relations after the disruption caused by the 1971 war.
A coercive sterilisation campaign expands during the Emergency as the government pursues aggressive population-control targets.
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