India, July 1 -- On June 25, 1975, the then President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, issued a proclamation in exercise of powers under Article 352(1) of the Constitution of India, declaring an Emergency on the ground of internal disturbances. A letter has been displayed in the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya in New Delhi, addressed by the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, to the President on June 25, 1975, making an earnest request to him to issue a proclamation under Article 352(1) of the Constitution on the same day. It records that there is "an imminent danger to the security of India being threatened by internal disturbance." A draft of the proclamation was forwarded along with the letter with a request that "such a proclamation should ...