What was the exact constitutional status of India on 26th January, 1950?
A Democratic Republic
A Sovereign Democratic Republic
A Sovereign Secular Democratic Republic
A Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
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UPSC IAS – 2021
The Preamble as originally adopted on 26th November 1949 and enforced on 26th January 1950 read: “WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN 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 of the Nation; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, DO HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.”