Preamble of India
- 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 CONSTITUTION ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND
- GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
Constitution India
Part IV A (articles 51 A)
Fundamental Duties
Fundamental Duties-It shall be the duty of every citizen of India:
- to abide by the constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National flag and the National Anthem;
- to cherish and follow the noble ideals 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, wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures;
- to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform;
- to safeguard public property and to abjure violence;
- to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individuals and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavor and achievement;
- who is parent or guardian, to provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, ward between the age of six and fourteen years;