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Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , the then President, who acting on advice of Indira Gandhi declared the state of Emergency, was from Assam. "Recalling the events, he added, "Except Indira Gandhi and maybe Sanjay Gandhi, no one knew until the morning of June 25 that that the Emergency was being inposed. She lost the 1977 election because the people were unhappy with her for imposing the Emergency. Even Congress president Devakanta Barua, who was the most influential person at that point of time, besides being Indira's right-hand man, had no idea about it. Soon after the Emergency was declared, discipline was restored," Gogoi said..