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Word "Secular" was added in Indian Constitution by Constitutional amendment ___________.

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42 .
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43 .
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44 .
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45 .
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Solution

The correct option is A 42 .

The Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1976, was enacted during the Emergency by the Indian National Congress government headed by Indira Gandhi. The 42nd Amendment changed the description of India from a sovereign democratic republic to a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic, and also changed the words "unity of the nation" to "unity and integrity of the nation".


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