Our Constitution

Preamble of India

• 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 CONSTITUTION ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT

• GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

Constitution India

Part IV A (articles 51 A)
Fundamental Duties

• to abide by the constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National flag and the National Anthem;
• to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom;
• to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India;
• to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so;
• 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;
• to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;
• to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, wildlife, and to have compassion
   for living creatures;
• to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform;
• to safeguard public property and to abjure violence;
• to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individuals and collective activity so that the nation constantly
   rises to higher levels of endeavor and achievement;
• who is parent or guardian, to provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, ward
    between the age of six and fourteen years;