PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA,
having solemnly resolve to constitute India into a
SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to
Secure to all its citizens
JUSTICE, social economic and political:
LIBERTY of though, 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 26th day of November, 1949,
do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.