The Constitution of India: The Preamble
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 2 [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.
Parts of the Constitution
4. Directive Principles of State Policy
5. The Union
6. States
7. The States in Part B of the First Schedule
- The Union Territories
9.
10. The Scheduled and Tribal Areas
11. Relations between the Union and the States
12. Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits
13. Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India
Services under the Union and the States
14A: Tribunals
15. Elections
Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes
17. Official Language
18. Emergency Provisions
19. Miscellaneous
Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi, and Repeals