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Our Constitution took more than 141 days to be hand written com-

pletely and exactly 2 years 11 months and 18 days to be completed

completely. The Constitution consists of ‘Preamble’ Fundamental

rights and duties, Directive principles of state policy and many more.

Preamble being the index of the constitution contains the major high-
lighting words like freedom, ‘Federal’, Socialistic, secular, Equality

which are hereby given by the constitution to our people and hereby

adopted on 26th of January 1950. The new amendments, the 42nd

amendment of 1976 brought secular and federal word into the Pre-

amble of India.

Our Constitution is flexible and rigid at the same time. Fundamental
rights are as mentioned in Part III of our constitution.

» Right to Equality [14-18]

» Right to Freedom [18-22]

» Right against Exploitation [13-24]

» Right to follow Religion [25-28]

» Cultural and Educational right [29-30]

» Right to Constitutional remedies [31]

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Right to Equality; Under article 14 justifies both men and women are
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equal; under article 15 justifies both men and women get paid equally
for their work; under 16 every individual are equal; under 27 aboli-
tion of untouchability and punishable offence; under 18- no discrim-
ination based on caste, creed or sex, colour, etc.

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Right to Freedom; Under article 19 there are a set of 6 rules men-
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tioned about the expression of a person though and the person trav-
elling any place in India is not an offence. The other articles under
this right justifies a person has his right to speak, dress, follow any

religion, study, do what he/she wishes to do unless it tampers with

any constitutional right or duties. Article 19 speaks about the privacy

of a person and respecting another personal privacy.

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