Indira Gandhi was arrested in 1977 for many breaches of privilege and contempt of the House.

Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India was arrested in the year 1977, on October 4th in Delhi on the charges of corruption and misuse of authority. With her, four of her former ministers too got srrested by the CBI. Indira Gandhi was arrested for the two cases, both under the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act. However, Mrs. Gandhi called her arrest a "political one."
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