Preamble of Indian Constitution

The Preamble of the Constitution embodied the objective resolution of the Pandit Nehru. It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 22nd 1947. The importance of the utility of the Preamble has been pointed out in several decisions of the Supreme Court. In the Kesavananda Bharathi case, the Supreme Court held that Preamble is a part of the Constitution. The Preamble was amended by the Constitution 42nd amendment act 1976 and inserted the words ‘Socialist’, ‘Secular’ and ‘Integrity’ into it. It declares
India a SOVEREIGN, SOCIALIST, SECULAR, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.

• Sovereign : There is no authority outside India on which the country is anyway dependent.
• Socialist : Achievement of Socialistic pattern of Society through democratic needs.
• Secular : The state shall not discriminate against the citizen in any way on the basis of religion.
• Democratic : The rulers elected by the people only have the authority to run the government.
• Republic : All the authorities of the State are directly or indirectly elected by the people for a fixed term, not hereditery