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A preamble (from Latin preambulum 'preliminary, preface') is an introductory and expressionary statement in a document that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy. When applied to the opening paragraphs of a statute, it may recite historical facts pertinent to the subject of the statute.
The Preamble to the Constitution of India is based on the Objectives Resolution, which was moved in the Constituent Assembly by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946 accepted on 22 January 1947 and adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, coming into force on 26 January 1950, celebrated as the Republic Day of India, and was initially drafted by Jawaharlal Nehru. [1]
The amended constitution has a preamble and 470 articles, [b] which are grouped into 25 parts. [ c ] [ 34 ] With 12 schedules [ d ] and five appendices, [ 34 ] [ 50 ] it has been amended 105 times ; the latest amendment became effective on 15 August 2021.
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[1] [2] With the Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976, [3] the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation. [4] [5] However, the Supreme Court of India in the 1994 case S. R. Bommai v. Union of India established the fact that India was secular since the formation of the republic. [6]
The origins of official Hindi usage traces back to the late 19th century. In 1881, Hindi replaced Urdu as the official language of Bihar; and in 1900, MacDonnell issued an order, which allowed the “permissive — but not exclusive — use” of Devanagari for Hindustani language in the courts of North-Western Provinces. [8]
The Calligraphy of the Hindi version of the Original Constitution was done by Vasant Krishan Vaidya. [1] Working in a room in Constitution Hall (now known as the Constitution Club of India ), he rendered the document - consisting of 395 articles, 8 schedules, and a preamble - over the course of six months. [ 1 ]
Article 194 was amended to grant the same rights as Clause 21 to State Legislatures, its members and committees. Two new clauses 4A and 26A were inserted into article 366 of the Constitution, which defined the meaning of the terms "Central Law" and "State Law" by inserting two new clauses 4A and 26A into article 366 of the Constitution. [5]