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Overview of India's Democratic Republic

The document discusses the Indian Constitution, highlighting its establishment of India as a Sovereign Democratic Republic with a focus on ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. It emphasizes that the constitution has not been substantially altered since its enactment in 1952, indicating its popularity. Additionally, it outlines the criteria for Indian citizenship, which includes individuals born in India, those with Indian parentage, and long-term residents.

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Overview of India's Democratic Republic

The document discusses the Indian Constitution, highlighting its establishment of India as a Sovereign Democratic Republic with a focus on ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. It emphasizes that the constitution has not been substantially altered since its enactment in 1952, indicating its popularity. Additionally, it outlines the criteria for Indian citizenship, which includes individuals born in India, those with Indian parentage, and long-term residents.

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588 AN INfRODUCTION TO POLIIlCS

Democratic Republic But the objection has lost much of i

Its former importance in view of the fact that the new


Parlia- ^
ment elected in 1952 under adult franchise has neither abro-
gated nor even made any substantial alteration in the consti-
tution —a fact which proves the popularity of the constitution
Secondly, the preamble proclaims ceitam high ideals and
aspirations of the people—the ideals of liberty, equality and
fraternity among the people But critics point out that the
mere recital of a number of ideals without providing the
material means for their realisation is of no value to the
people.
the preamble declares India to be a Sovereign
ILastly,

Democratic Republic In spite of her membeiship of the


Commonwealth, she is fully independent of external control \
and recognises no external authority above its own. She is
Democratic inasmuch as power is derived from the people on
whose consent and co-operation the government is based
India is a Republic because she has her own elected President
who IS the head of the state
Citizenship. As we have already seen, there will be only
citizenship for the whole of the Indian Union The New
constitution, instead of making laws for the acquisition and
has simply defined the classes of persons
loss of citizenship,
who will be regarded as citizens of the Union from the time
of the commencement of the constitution The definition of
a citizen as embodied in the Constitution has been conceived
in such broad and liberal terms that it is within the easy reach
of every class of inhabitants of this country to become a citi-'^
zen of the Union. With a view to conferring the rights of
Indian citizenship on persons coming from outside, the cons- '

titution has empowered the Indian Parliament to make laws


legarding the acquisition and loss of citizenship
The constitution defines an Indian citizen as one (a) who
nas born in India or if (b) either of his parents
,
was born
m the territory of India, 01 if (c) he has been ordinarily
resi-
dent mthe territory of India for not less than five
yeais im-
rncdiately pieceding the commencement of
the constitution
Besides the classes of persons mentioned
above, the cons-
tiuition makes piovision foi two
other classes of persons.

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