The Republic of India

Bharat Samvidhan
The Preamble
Adopted 26 November 1949

Preamble

We, the people 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 CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

Enacted by the Constituent Assembly of India. The words "SOCIALIST", "SECULAR" and "and integrity" were added by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976.