Baroda dynamite case

[1] The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) charged George and others of smuggling dynamite to blow up government establishments and railway tracks in protest against the state of emergency.

Fernandes fought the 1977 Lok Sabha election from Muzaffarpur in Bihar while in jail under trial in the case.

He swept the polls, with his supporters campaigning with his photo in prison cell and chains.

Janata Party withdrew the case on coming to power in 1977 and all accused were released.

She died five days later due to chronic asthma and lung infection on 20 January 1977, being one of the first martyrs of the Emergency.

The arrest of socialist labour leader, George Fernandes in 1976, one of the key accused in the Baroda dynamite case.