By Admin 
Turkman gate history: The bitter memories of emergency are still alive in the narrow streets of Turkman Gate of Delhi. The emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 25 June 1975 converted the lives of thousands of families of this area in an instant. Forced sterilization campaign, demolition of sudden houses and the pain of families are still clearly visible in the eyes of the elderly.
74 -year -old Mehru Nisha said that her house was dropped without any warning and when her husband Abdul Hameed protested, she was shot. The injured husband stayed in the mosque for 15 months and Nisha had to sell her jewelry and feed the children.
What is the history of Turkman Gate?
Nand Nagari, where they were settled, was only an open ground. Neither water, nor toilets, no houses- women used to go out in the herd, because the fear used to walk together all the time. Abdul Hameed recalls that when the people of his locality were trying to save their house, the police opened fire and people were injured. This was not just to destroy the houses, it was to disintegrate the whole life. Along with this, the Turkman Gate sterilization campaign was also hit, which was then run under the leadership of Sanjay Gandhi.
Ghee, radio and 250 rupees were given to those who sterilize- Razia
75 -year -old Razia Begum, who was associated with the Youth Congress at that time, says that he himself heard Sanjay Gandhi to set up a sterilization camp near Jama Masjid. Razia herself went door-to-door to give people the message of ‘small family’, but she would have to face insults. People were fear and angry, and when the bulldozer reached Razia’s house, she too joined the demonstration and injured. At that time, ghee, radio and up to Rs 250 were given to those who sterilized, but this compensation could not compensate for their broken houses and scattered dreams.
Shahid Gangoi was the first year student in the college when he was told in school that his house was being demolished. He arrived running, but by then his house had been found in the soil and his father was arrested during Namaz. There were tear gas, broken glass and screams in the streets and then they were filled with police trucks and sent to Nand Nagari.
The emergency of Emergency lasted 21 months, in which civil rights were suspended, censorship was imposed on the press, and on the orders of the government, thousands of people were arrested and forced sterilization. Now half a century has passed, but in Turkman Gate, that pain is still breathing- in someone’s silent sob, in a broken brick and the bending eyes of an elderly person.