►PREAMBLE
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.
- The vision given in the Preamble of our Constitution is the guiding light for ensuring the spread and reach of the political, economic and social democracy in the country.
- The word Socialist, Secular, & integrity were added by Constitution 42nd Amendment.
- The Preamble does not grant any power but it gives a direction purpose to the Constitution and also outlines its objectives.
- The Preamble contains the fundamentals of the Constitution and serves the following important purposes:
It contains the enacting clause which brings the constitution into force
It declares the rights and freedoms intended for its people
It declares the basic type of government and polity which is sought to be established in India
It throws light on the source of the Constitution viz. the People of India
- Thus, the source of the Constitution are the people themselves from whom the Constitution derives its ultimate sanction. The People of India thus constitutes the sovereign political body who hold the ultimate power and who conduct the government of the country through their elected representatives.
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