<P> In such an emergency, Fundamental Rights of Indian citizens can be suspended . The six freedoms under Right to Freedom are automatically suspended . However, the Right to Life and Personal Liberty cannot be suspended (Article 21). </P> <P> The President can make laws on the 66 subjects of the State List (which contains subjects on which the state governments can make laws). Also, all money bills are referred to the President for approval . The term of the Lok Sabha can be extended by a period of up to one year, but not so as to extend the term of Parliament beyond six months after the end of the declared emergency . </P> <P> National Emergency has been proclaimed 3 times in India till date . It was declared first in 1962 by President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, during the Sino - Indian War . This emergency lasted through the Indo - Pakistani War of 1965 and up to 1968 . It was revoked in 1968 . The second emergency in India was proclaimed in 1971 by President V.V. Giri on the eve of the Indo - Pakistani War of 1971 . The first two emergencies were in the face of external aggression and War . They were hence external emergencies . Even as the second emergency was in progress, another internal emergency was proclaimed by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, with Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister in 1975 . In 1977, the second and the third emergencies were together revoked . </P> <P> If the President is fully satisfied, on the basis of the report of the Governor of the concerned state or from other sources that the governance in a state cannot be carried out according to the provisions in the Constitution, he can proclaim under Article 356 a state of emergency in the state . Such an emergency must be approved by the Parliament within a period of 2 months . </P>

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