LANDS .

AND PEOPLES
Part I

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 THE CONSTITUTION OF !NOIA
PREAMBLE Acknowleclgen1ents
WE, TllE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a
1 ( SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC I and to secure to all its citizens:
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,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 2 [ unity and integrity of
the Nation ]; ·n1e National Councii of Educational Research and Training expresses
s for having made :waibble the
irs sincere
ph0to gmphs
gratitude to the _following agencie
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do reproduced in this book.
HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. Argentina Embassy, New Delhi
Australia High Commi.ssion, New Oeth1
1. Sub 1, by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment! Act, 1976, Sec.2, for ·sovereign Democratic Republic" Ghana High Commission, New. Delhi
(w.c.f. 3, t.19771
2. Subs, by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment! Act. 1976, Sec.2, for ·unity of the tfation• Arab Republic of Egypt Embassy, New Delhi
(w.e.r. 3.1.19771
British High Commission, New Delhi
United Stares lnfonnation Service; New Ddh1
Depn. of Ocean Development, Govt. of tnc!i:1, New Delhi
Part IV A
Fun�amcntal Duties
ARTICLE 51 A
Fundamental Duties - lt-s�a.11 be the duty of every citizen ol lndia-
(a) to abide by the C-onstitulion and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and
lhe National Anthem;
(b) to cherish and follow the nobl� ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom;
(c) to uphoJd and protect ihe sovereignty, unity and integrity of India;
(d) to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so;
(e) to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of
India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce
practices derogatory to the dignity of women;
(f) to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;
(g) to protect and improve the natural cnvironmenlincluding forests, lakes, rivers, wild life
and to have compassion for living creatures; ·
(h) to develop the scientific temper, humanism and .the ·spiril"of inquiry and reform;
{i) to safeguard 9ublic property and to abjure violence;·.
\j) io strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual ·and collective activity so that the
na�ion constantly rises to ·higher levels of endeavour and achievement.

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