Preamble & Pledge

PREAMBLE OF CONSTITUTION 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 CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE

India is my country. 

All Indians are my brothers and sisters. 

I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. 

I shall strive to be worthy of it. 

I shall respect my parents, teachers and all elders and treat everyone with courtesy. 

To my country and all my people, I pledge my devotion. 

In their well being and prosperity alone lies my happiness.