November 26 is observed as Constitution Day—also known as Samvidhan Diwas— since 2015. This is an initiative of the NDA regime. For some strange reason, November 26, which is of great significance in our national life, went unnoticed till then. But what does it signify? It was on this day, in 1949, that the Constituent Assembly enacted and adopted the Constitution of India on behalf of ‘We the people of India’. We never had a constitution till then.
The Preamble to the Constitution of India solemnly 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 twentysixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
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