India is a sovereign , socialist , secular , democratic Republic. Explain.
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India is a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic and republic country as the Constitution of India accepted by the Government of India on January 26, 1951. Explained below are the main definitions of these describing words:
✳ Sovereign
According to the Constitution of India, India is a ruled by an independent legislature, executive and judiciary. No other external power can rule these bodies.
✳ Socialist
The country allows the existence and development of all kind of private as well as public industries contributing towards a mixed economy.
✳ Secular
The nation tolerates all religions and do not have a national religion. Equal support and toleration will be provided to all religions in the nation.
✳ Democratic
The nation will be democratic, that is, it will be ruled for the people, by the people and to the people. Independent elections and selections of rulers will take place according to the wishes of the citizens.
✳ Republic
It means that the nation will have an elected head who will serve the nation for a specific time period until a change of rulers in the periodic elections.
Hence, the Preamble of the Constitution provides the following properties of the government independent India would have.
The Preamble of the Indian constitution begins with these words : '' We, the people of India, solemnly declare India a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular and Democratic Republic. ''
India is a sovereign, socialist, secular, Democratic Republic.
Sovereign :-
India is a sovereign state which means that India is completely independent, both in its internal and external affairs.
Socialist :-
India is a socialist state. All the citizens enjoy equality in social and economic fields.
Secular :-
India is a secular state. In India everyone is free to adopt and worship religion of his/her own choice. No discrimination is made on the bases of religion.
Democratic :-
In a democratic state, all citizens enjoy equal rights. They elect their own representatives who form the government.
Republic :-
By Republic we mean that the Head of the state is elected directly or indirectly for a fixed period.