Updated: Jan 3, 2021, 06:37 AM IST
Indian National Congress (INC) is all set to celebrate today (January 3), as the Samvidhan Charcha Divas to mark 43 years of the 42nd amendment to the Constitution.
The 42nd amendment in the Constitution of India was introduced by the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, wherein the words socialist and secular were added in the preamble.
This changed the description of India from sovereign democratic republic to sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic .
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Passed by the Parliament on 11 November 1976, the amendment commenced from January 3,1977.
43 years later, the Indian National Congress (INC) is set to celebrate it as Samvidhan Charcha Divas in Uttar Pradesh.