New Delhi, June 25 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah today released a book, titled 'The Emergency Diaries - Years that Forged a Leader', a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's experiences during the anti-Emergency movement, at an event to mark 'Savidhan Hatya Diwas'.

In his address, Shah said this book mentions Narendra Modi's work as a young Sangh Pracharak during the Emergency, how he fought by remaining underground during the 19-month-long movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh, a Home Ministry statement said.

The book details how he went to the homes of people jailed under the MISA Act and talked to their families and arranged for their treatment. The book describes Modi distributed many newspapers published s...