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India's Constitution has been amended 106 times; key amendments transformed rights and governance
India ๐ฎ๐ณ 1951 Amendments & Law
Key Facts
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42nd Amendment (1976): added Fundamental Duties, Socialist + Secular to Preamble; biggest amendment ever
- 2
44th Amendment (1978): removed Right to Property from Fundamental Rights; restored some rights suspended in Emergency
- 3
73rd & 74th (1992): Panchayati Raj + Urban Local Bodies given constitutional status; 86th (2002): Right to Education
โ๏ธ Did you know? The 42nd Amendment (1976) by Indira Gandhi during Emergency is called the "mini-constitution" โ it changed the most features at once
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India's Constitution has been amended 106 times