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Key Constitutional Amendments

India's Constitution has been amended 106 times; key amendments transformed rights and governance

India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 1951 Amendments & Law

Key Facts

  1. 1

    42nd Amendment (1976): added Fundamental Duties, Socialist + Secular to Preamble; biggest amendment ever

  2. 2

    44th Amendment (1978): removed Right to Property from Fundamental Rights; restored some rights suspended in Emergency

  3. 3

    73rd & 74th (1992): Panchayati Raj + Urban Local Bodies given constitutional status; 86th (2002): Right to Education

โš–๏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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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India

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1951

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India's Constitution has been amended 106 times