Which of the following was not in the Preamble of the Constitution when it came into force in 1950?
"secular" (with 'Socialist' and 'Integrity') was inserted into the Preamble only by the 42nd Amendment, 1976, so it was absent in 1950, whereas "sovereign", "democratic" and…
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Which of the following was not in the Preamble of the Constitution when it came into force in 1950?
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"secular" (with 'Socialist' and 'Integrity') was inserted into the Preamble only by the 42nd Amendment, 1976, so it was absent in 1950, whereas "sovereign", "democratic" and "republic" were there from the start.
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