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The Preamble - Short Trick

Dates, the five words, the 1976 additions, the four goals and the Court’s view — one sentence each

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  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Dates

Four dates from the Objectives Resolution to the Constitution coming into force.

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Dates of the Preamble

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Reshma asked on the thirteenth and got her wish on the twenty-second.

Objectives Resolution (Jawaharlal Nehru)=Moved 13 December 1946 · adopted 22 January 1947 — its spirit became the Preamble

Adi gave her a ring on twenty-six November.

Constitution adopted — the date written in the Preamble=26 November 1949 — “this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949”

Forward march on twenty-six January

Constitution in force=26 January 1950 — India a “Sovereign Democratic Republic”

Adoption (26 November) and coming into force (26 January) — both on the 26th, but different months and years. The Assembly passed the Preamble last.

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Five Words for the State

Sovereign to Republic in the Preamble’s order, and the three words added in 1976.

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Four Goals and their Forms

Justice, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity in order; the three kinds of justice, the five liberties and the equality articles.

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Is it Part of the Constitution?

How the Supreme Court’s view changed — year and verdict.

Read the full chapter for the complete notes — a trick helps you remember the list; understanding comes from the notes.