The Preamble: The Preamble declares India as a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic. 

The Indian citizens will have:

• Justice: Social, economic and political. 

• Independence: of expressing thoughts, belief, faith and worship.

• Equality: of status and opportunity. 

Fraternity: All the citizens of India have been assured about the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation with strong determination in the Constituent Assembly held on 26th November, 1949 they enforced and accepted it.

Significance of Preamble: Each country's fundamental intention or way has its own angle of attitude. Without understanding this special way or attitude, it is difficult to understand the constitution. This is explained in the preamble. Preamble to our Constitution reflects the spirit of the Constitution, it makes us aware of the intentions of the makers of the Constitution. Preamble to a constitution is important to definite aims, objectives and principles.

In short, the Government's guiding principles are also defined in the preamble. Besides, it has become a trend to begin a constitution with a preamble. The Constitution of 1789's USA's, Ireland's Constitution of 1937, 1946's Japan's Constitution, West Germany's Constitution of 1949, 1954's Socialist China's Constitution these all begin with a preamble. Therefore, the Constituent Assembly has started the Constitution with the Preamble.