FROM OBJECTIVE RESOLUTION TO PREAMBLE OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (BY SHUBHAM BUDHIRAJA) The Preamble traces its origins to even before the task of drafting the Constitution began. The foundations of the Preamble were laid down in the Objectives Resolution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru before the Constituent Assembly in December 1946. The Objective resolution contained “India as an Independent Sovereign Republic and to draw up for her future governance a Constitution”, which would secure “to all the people of India justice, social, economic and political; equality of status, of opportunity, and before the law; freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith worship, vocation, association and action”, among other goals . The resolution was enthusiastically supported by most of the members and was adopted in January 1947. The Drafting Committee modified the content of the Objectives Resolution. The Committee adopted the expression “Sovereign Democratic Republic” instead o