y:Üen:v:es:ýXi Aaôf em:eS:g:n:                            

B:art:India ka s:ùev:D:an:Constitution                            
u¸ðeS:kaPreamble                           

            hm:,  B:art: kñ l:aðg:,  B:art: kað Ok  [ s:øp:ÜN:ücompletely )B:Øtv:-s:øp:Àsovereign
s:m:aj:v:adisocialist p:øT:en:rp:ðx:secular l:aðkt:ø*:atm:kdemocratic g:N:rajy:republic
] 'socialist secular' added by 1976 amendment  b:n:an:ð kñ el:O,
t:T:aand us:kñ s:m:st:all n:ag:erkaðøcitizens kað H
            s:am:aej:ksocial,  AaeT:ükeconomic Aaòr raj:n:òet:kpolitical ny:ay:justice,
            ev:c:arthought,  AeB:vy:eVt:expression,  ev:Ã:as:belief,  D:m:üfaith, religion                                     5
                    Aaòr up:as:n:aworship ki sv:t:ø*:t:aliberty,
freedom
,
                              )et:Åastatus Aaòr Av:s:ropportunity ki s:m:t:aequality
)apt: kran:ðto secure, obtain kñ el:O
,
t:T:a un: s:b: m:ðø
      vy:eVt:individual ki g:erm:adignity Aaòr
 [ raÄÎÔnation ki Okt:aunity                               10
           Aaòr AK:øRt:aintegrity
]'integrity' added by 1976 amendment  s:Øen:eÁ:t:assured krn:ð v:al:iwhich assures b:øD:Øt:afraternity
b:`an:ðto promote, increase kñ el:O
,
dà`s:øklp: hað krsolemnly
 resolving  Ap:n:i Es: s:øev:D:an:here: constituent s:B:aassembly m:ðø  Aaj: t:ariQ:date

26  n:v:øb:r,  1949  I0'iisavii',
 Christian (calendar) ( em:et:lunar date m:ag:üS:i\:üeleventh month (Jan-Feb) S:ØVl:aafter New Moon (lit: 'during the brightening
 fortnight' s:pt:m:iseventh day,  s:øv:t:Îyear dað
hz:ar Ch ev:#m:iof the Vikram Era
)  kað Ot:dξarahereby,
 with this  Es: s:ùev:D:an:constitution kað Aøg:ikát:adopted,                              15
AeD:en:y:em:t:enacted Aaòr Aatm:aep:üt:self-gifted (ie, we
 give to ourselves krt:ð hòø.

To unglossed version of  B:art: ka s:ùev:D:an:,  u¸ðeS:ka
To index of texts (post-Independence).

To index of  m:lhar.

Keyed in and posted 15-16 Oct 2001.