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As already said, the Preamble of the Constitution of India makes very lofty promises and has been dedicated to the people of India, and not to any particular class or section of the society.
When originally adopted by the Constituent Assembly it read as follows:
“WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign, 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 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.”
It may, however, be pointed out that the words ‘Socialist, Secular’ occurring between the words ‘Sovereign’ ‘Democratic’ and also the words Integrity’ occurring between the words ‘Unity’ and ‘of the nation’ in the preamble were inserted by Forty-Second Constitution Amendment Act, enacted in 1976.
The Principles enunciated in the constitution, namely, those of making India a Sovereign Democratic, Secular Republic, ensuring the people equality and making them as ultimate sovereign in the country have been fully incorporated in the constitution. Thus, the preamble is true picture of the constitution.