INDIAN CONSTITUTION
CONTENTS
[Link] Is Constitution Anyway?
[Link] Do We Need Constitution?
[Link] History of Constitution of India.
[Link] Framing of Constitution of India
[Link] Preamble to Constitution of India.
[Link] Is The constitution of India?
[Link] Characteristics of Constitution of India.
The First Book of Constitution of India is
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Located at Parliament Library Building,
New Delhi, India.
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[Link] Preamble to Constitution of India.
The Preamble to the Constitution of India is a brief introductory statement that sets out the
guiding purpose and principles of the document.
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India
into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and
to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity
of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November,
1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS
CONSTITUTION.
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[Link] Preamble to Constitution of India.
The first words of the Preamble - "We, the people" - signifies that power is
ultimately vested in the hands of the People of India. So far the Preamble
has been amended only once in 1976 by 42nd amendment (change) which
inserted the words Socialism, Secularism and Integrity. A brief description
of these concepts are as follows (in the order they come in Preamble)-
1. Sovereign- It means free to follow internal and external Policies.
2. Secular- It means no particular Religion is preferred.
3. Socialist- It means no concentration of Power and Money.
4. Democratic- It means rule by elected representative of the People of India.
5. Republic- It means no room for hereditary ruler or monarch.
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[Link] Preamble to Constitution of India.
The preamble-page, along with other pages of the First and original Book of Constitution of India,
was designed (Art) and decorated (Frames) solely by renowned painter Beohar shakha.
Hindi (Left) and English (Middle) versions of Preamble as available in the First book of Constitution of India (Right).
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[Link] Preamble to Constitution of India.
Purpose of Having a Preamble:
The Preamble to our Constitution serves two purposes: -
A) It indicates the source from which the Constitution derives its authority;
B) It also states the objects, which the Constitution seeks to establish and
promote.
The Preamble seeks to establish what Mahatma Gandhi described as The
India of my Dreams, "…an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their
country in whose making they have an effective voice; …an India in which all
communities shall leave I perfect harmony. There can be no room in such an
India for the curse of unsociability or the curse of Intoxicating drinks and drugs.
Woman will enjoy as the same rights as man."
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[Link]
Picture shows the pages from
the Constitution of India, at
the PARLIAMENT MUSEUM,
Parliament Library Building,
New Delhi.
PARLIAMENT
MUSEUM : A high-
tech story-telling
Museum depicting the
continuum of the
democratic heritage in
India has been
dedicated to the
Nation by
Dr. A P J Abdul
Kalam, President of
India on 14th August
2006.
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