Resolution on the Aims and Objectives of the Constitution

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The Resolution on the Aims and Objectives of the Constitution was a landmark motion moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1946 that laid down the guiding principles and philosophical framework for India’s future Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional resolution ⓘ
foundational political document ⓘ
adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
affirmed commitment to equality and non-discrimination ⓘ
commitment to fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
democratic principles for the future polity of India ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nehru’s Objectives Resolution ⓘ
Objectives Resolution ⓘ
context transition from British colonial rule to independence ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dateAdopted 1946-12-22 ⓘ
dateMoved 1946-12-13 ⓘ
debatedBy members of the Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
declared India shall be an independent sovereign republic ⓘ
adequate safeguards shall be provided for backward and tribal areas ⓘ
adequate safeguards shall be provided for depressed and other backward classes ⓘ
adequate safeguards shall be provided for minorities ⓘ
all power and authority of the sovereign independent India shall be exercised through its constitutional organs ⓘ
power and authority of independent India shall be derived from the people ⓘ
the Constitution shall guarantee and secure equality of opportunity ⓘ
the Constitution shall guarantee and secure equality of status ⓘ
the Constitution shall guarantee and secure freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship ⓘ
the Constitution shall guarantee and secure justice, social, economic and political ⓘ
the State shall promote the welfare of the people ⓘ
the State shall secure a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all institutions of national life ⓘ
the integrity of the territory of the Republic and its sovereign rights on land, sea and air shall be maintained ⓘ
documentType parliamentary resolution ⓘ
formsBasisFor interpretation of the Preamble to the Constitution of India ⓘ
understanding of the framers’ intent in Indian constitutional law ⓘ
historicalSignificance provided ideological and moral foundation for constitution-making in India ⓘ
served as the blueprint for the basic structure of the Constitution of India ⓘ
influenced Preamble to the Constitution of India ⓘ
fundamental structure of the Constitution of India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus non-justiciable political resolution ⓘ
movedBy Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
movedIn Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
opposedBy some members representing the Muslim League ⓘ
place New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
purpose to declare the aims and objectives of independent India ⓘ
to lay down the guiding principles of the future Constitution of India ⓘ
to provide a philosophical framework for the Constitution of India ⓘ
relatedTo Indian independence movement ⓘ
constitution-making process in India ⓘ
resultedIn inclusion of its principles in the Preamble to the Constitution of India ⓘ
supportedBy Indian National Congress ⓘ
timePeriod pre-independence India ⓘ
year 1946 ⓘ

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Objectives Resolution → alsoKnownAs → Resolution on the Aims and Objectives of the Constitution ⓘ