THE BACKBONE OF INDIAN'S CONSTITUTION

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 to promote among them all

FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual

and the unity of the Nation.

This is the preamble of India's Constitution approved by the Constituent Assembly in November 26 1949 and came into effect as supreme law of the Nation on January 26 1950.