preamble

• The Indian Constitution starts with the preamble which outlines the main objectives of the Constitution. It reads:
• " WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN, SOCIALIST, SECULAR, DEMOCRATIC, REPUBLIC and to secure 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 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 HIS CONSTITUTION ".
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• Idea of preamble borrowed from Constitution of US.
• The words ‘SOCIALIST’, ‘SECULAR’ and ‘UNITY’ & ‘INTEGRITY’ were added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976.
• Preamble is not justifiable.