We the people of india preamble

Book Excerpt: 'We, the People', Citizenship and Historical Constitution The resistance today is both returning citizenship to its unconditional – and revolutionary – genesis as well as correcting it to a more inclusive form while not being able to quite dismantle its constitutive exclusionary logic and condition. Amidst all the discussion of constitutions and constitutionality that is prevalent and imperative today, I would like to consider a type of constitution that I will call ‘historical constitution’. Under this category, it is possible to include a whole range of constitutional principles and different constitutional apparatuses or regimes. From the point of view of the historical constitution of the state, its rules and laws can be based on democratic as well as non-democratic principles. The crux of this type of a constitution is that its genesis lies in a historical negotiation between principles and something we could call ‘reality’. In one of his key texts from 1945–46, What Gandhi and Congress have done to the Untouchables, Ambedkar cites the French socialist Ferdinand Lasalle, who was of the view that a constitution is not simply a consistent and abstract document of pure ideas as good liberals would like it to be; it is a far more complex project to constitute and traverse the heterogeneities and contradictions of a real situation of history. One critical and delicate example of the situatedness or the historical contingency of a constitution pertains to the ...

Image source - http://bit.ly/2mejmXb This article is written by Gaurav Raj Grover , a fifth-year law student at Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida. This article talks about the meaning of the preamble. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution states: “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 26th day of November 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION”. Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • What is the Preamble? A preamble of a bill is an introductory part of the document which explains the purpose, rules, regulations, and philosophy of the document. A preamble gives a brief introduction of documents by highlighting the principles and fundamental values of the document. It shows the source of the authority of the document. The preamble of the Constitution of India is an introduction of the Constitution which includes the sets of rules and regulations to guide the people of the country. The inspiration and the motto of the citizens are explained in it. The preamble can be considered as the beginni...

( The first 10 people to correctly answer ALL 20 questions of the quiz will win a Quint Membership, with benefits including members-only content and videos, exclusive documentary screenings, previews to Special Projects, and much more!) Welcome to the Know Your Constitution Daily Quiz by The Quint, where we ask you one question every day about lesser-known facts regarding the Constitution. What better way to celebrate 73 years of India being a Republic than by learning more about the seminal document that proclaimed India to be a sovereign democratic republic on 26 January 1950? So, without further ado, here's the Know Your Constitution Question of The Day #6. The Preamble to India's Constitution starts with ‘We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved...'. The constitution of South Korea begins with 'We, the people of Korea, proud of a resplendent...' The constitutions of Bangladesh, Zambia, and many other countries, also begin with ‘We, the people’. This common beginning is borrowed from the preamble of the constitution of which country?

• v • t • e The Preamble to the Constitution of India presents the principles of the Words [ ] 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. Historical background [ ] The preamble is based on the Objectives Resolution, which was moved in the Constituent Assembly by It was, indeed, a way of life, which recognizes liberty, equality, and fraternity as the principles of life and which cannot be divorced from each other: Liberty cannot be divorced from equality; equality cannot be divorced from liberty. Nor can liberty and equality be divorced from fraternity. Without equality, liberty would produce the supremacy of the few over the many. Equality without liberty would kill individual initiative. Without fraternity, liberty and equality could not become a natural course of things. While the Constituent Assembly was debating the Preamble, there was an argument to rename India the 'Union of Indian Socialistic Republics' as if India was to imitate the There was even argument as to w...