216. Knowledge of preamble to the Constitution of India.
- It is very desirable that every student should be familiar with the preamble and know it by heart. The students of classes X, XI and class XII of the Sarvodaya High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools including trainees at Training Colleges and Training Schools should learn it by heart in mother tongue (Hindi, English) and students of other classes below class X in their mother-tongue in Hindi. The preamble runs as follows;-"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 twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION."(DPI's letter no. 2695, dated the 14th May, 1956 and G.O. no. 7281, dated the 1st October, 1956)
