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Comment in 150 words: Secularism in the Indian Constitution.

  • UPSC 2015
  • 10 marks
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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Indian secularism was the Republic's answer to religious plurality and to Partition: where Pakistan was founded on a faith, India was founded on equal citizenship irrespective of faith. The word "secular" entered the Preamble only through the 42nd Amendment (1976), but the design was secular from 1950.

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