Question

Difference between South Africa preamble and India preamble

Answer 1

Difference between Preamble of South Africa and Preamble of India -

1) When South Africa got independence, it closely observed constitutions of other countries and made its own constitution as the best in the world. In South African Constitution, every citizen has got equal rights and equal opportunities. While making their Constitution, the South African Constitutional Experts forgot about their past where there were clashes between Whites and Blacks. They only thought about the situation where both the Whites and the Blacks lived together with harmony. Where as while making the Indian Constitution, Indian leaders thoroughly studied Constitutions of various countries of the world and then drafted the Indian Constitution. Our Constitution is truely based on the Principles of Secularism ans equality between all religions.

2) The Preamble of the South African Constitution does mention about God in it. Where as the Preamble of the Indian Constitution mentions that every citizen is free to choose the religion of his/her choice and has freedom of beliefs and it does not directly mention about God.

Answer 2

# The South African preamble makes a reference to God whereas India does not mention God in its preamble.

# The preamble of South Africa points out pivotal happenings in the country in the past and promises not to repeat the mistakes that happened. However, the Indian preamble only mentions the ideologies in the Indian constitution.