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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.
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Right to Equality
Right to Freedom
Right against Exploitation
Right to Freedom of Religion
Cultural and Educational Right
Right to Constitutional Remedies
Saving of Certain Laws
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To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions,
the National Flag and the National Anthem;
To cherish and follow the noble ideas which inspired our national
struggle for freedom;
To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India;
To defend the country and render national service when called upon to do
so;
To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the
people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional
diversities;
To renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women;
To value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;
To protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes,
rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures;
To develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of enquiry and
reform;
To safeguard public property and to abjure violence;
To strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective
activity, so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and
achievement.
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Directive Principles of State Policy
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State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the
people;
Certain principles of policy to be followed by the state;
Organisation of village panchayats;
Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases;
Provision for just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief;
Living wage, etc., for workers;
Uniform civil code for the citizens;
Provision of free and compulsory education for children;
Promotion of education and economic interests of Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections;
Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of
living and to improve public health;
Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry;
Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests
and wild life;
Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance;
Separation of judiciary from executive;
Promotion of international peace and security.
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