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Indian Students' Meeting to Protest Indira Gandhi's Subversion of Democracy in India (1975)
Flyer advertising meeting to "Protest Indira Gandhi's Subversion of Democracy" on five charges, including the imposition of emergency, suspension of constitutional rights, media censorship, arrest of political leaders and newspaper editors. Includes several quotes from an AP report in Chicago Sun-Times, describing the arrests and the motivations behind Gandhi's actions.

India Under Indira's Iron-Rule
Broadsheet from the student organization “Indians for Political Freedom” criticizing Indira Gandhi and the Indian Nationalist Congress Party on a litany of charges, from suppressing workers’ rights to forced sterilization of working people. A list of demands includes stopping victimization of Indian dissenters, and restoring the national scholarship for University of Chicago Ph.D.

Demonstration Against Dictatorship in India (1976)
Flyer organizing a protest of the visit of the Indian Deputy Minister of Information at the University of Chicago. Dated 21 April 1976.

"India: Democracy or Dictatorship?" Flyer
Promotional poster for a television documentary (India: Democracy or Dictatorship?, produced by UC Berkeley's Committee of Concerned Indian Students) about India's socio-economic problems and the ongoing Emergency, which was aired on KQED9 on November 23, 1976. The poster includes images of protesters and soldiers.

"Benefit / Cultural Event for India" Flyer
Promotional poster for a social justice benefit held at La Peña at 3105 Shattuck, Berkeley, CA on January 24, 1976, including a showing of two films, a slide show, and a cultural program with music and entertainment. The event was held by the Indians for a New Democracy in India Association (I.N.D.I.A.) in opposition to the Indira Gandhi's government's imposition of the Emergency in India.

"Devi Prasad: Understanding the Crisis in India"
Flyer promoting a talk about the Emergency in India given by Devi Prasad, who worked with Mahatma Gandhi during the Indian Independence Movement and with Jayaprakash Narayan in the Sarvodaya movement. The talk was held at Berkeley Friends Meeting House, and was sponsored by War Resisters International and Indians For Democracy.

"Social Justice in South Asia" Program
First page of the program for an event at UC Berkeley in support of social justice in South Asia which featured a film, short plays, a lecture, a slideshow, and refreshments. The lecture and slideshow presented the biography of social activist Shankar Guha Niyogi.

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