THE 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.
SOVEREIGN (সার্বভৌম / संप्रभु)
India is completely independent, supreme, and subject to no external control or foreign dominion.
SOCIALIST (সমাজতান্ত্রিক / समाजवादी)
Ending poverty, hunger, inequality of opportunity, and promoting economic welfare through democratic governance.
SECULAR (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ / पंथनिरपेक्ष)
The State has no official religion; all religions enjoy equal respect, freedom of practice, and protection.
DEMOCRATIC (গণতান্ত্রিক / लोकतंत्रात्मक)
Government derived from the consent of the people through universal adult suffrage (One Person, One Vote).
REPUBLIC (সাধারণতন্ত্র / गणराज्य)
The Head of State (President) is democratically elected for a fixed term, not hereditary like a monarch.
JUSTICE (ন্যায়বিচার / न्याय)
Social, economic, and political fairness without distinction based on caste, class, or gender.
LIBERTY (স্বাধীনতা / स्वतंत्रता)
Freedom of thought, expression, faith, and peaceful assembly under the rule of law.
EQUALITY (সমতা / समता)
Equal status and opportunity before the law; abolition of untouchability and discrimination.
FRATERNITY (ভ্রাতৃত্ববোধ / बंधुता)
Spirit of common brotherhood transcending religious, linguistic, and regional diversities.
