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Constitution of India (Preamble)
by The Government of India
Part I.
The Constitution of India is the constitution of the Republic of India. It was passed by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949, and came into effect on January 26, 1950. India celebrates January 26 each year as Republic Day.

It is the longest written constitution of any independent nation in the world, containing 395 articles and 12 schedules for a total of 117,369 words in its English language version.

— Excerpted from Constitution of India on Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia.
Parts: I, II, III, IV, IVA, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, IXA, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XIVA, XV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI


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.

External links

From the web site of the government of India: http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/welcome.html and from http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/in__indx.html


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