हम, भारत के लोग,
भारत को एक
सम्पूर्ण प्रभूत्व-संपन्न
समाजवादी
पंथनिरपेक्ष
लोकातान्त्रात्मक गणराज्य
बनाने के लिए,
तथा
उसके समस्त नागरिकों को :

सामजिक, आर्थिक और राजनतिक न्याय, विचार, अभिव्यक्ति, विश्ववास, धर्म और उपासना की स्वतंत्रता,
प्रतिष्ठा और अवसर की समता प्राप्त कराने के लिए
तथा उन सब में व्यक्ति की गरिमा और राष्ट्र की एकता और अखंडता सुनिश्चित करने वाली
बंधुता बढाने के लिए
दृढसंकल्प होकर अपनी इसा संविधान सभा में आज तारीख २६ नम्बर, १९४९ ई (मिति मार्गशीर्ष शुक्लासप्तमी, संवत दो हजार छह विक्रमी)
को एतद्द्वारा इसा संविधान को अंगीकृत, अधिनियमित और आत्मार्पित करते हैं |

(English Version)

WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do
HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

Purpose of Having a Preamble:
The Preamble to our Constitution serves two purposes: –
A) It indicates the source from which the Constitution derives its authority;
B) It also states the objects, which the Constitution seeks to establish and promote.

The Preamble seeks to establish what Mahatma Gandhi described as The India of my Dreams, “…an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country in whose making they have an effective voice; …an India in which all communities shall leave I perfect harmony. There can be no room in such an India for the curse of untouchability or the curse of Intoxicating drinks and drugs. Woman will enjoy as the same rights as man.”

( Hindi Version )