Which Indian Constitutional Amendment Act has inserted the word 'socialist' into the Preamble of the Indian Constitution?
42nd Constitutional Amendment Act
The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976, enacted during the Emergency, made sweeping changes to the Constitution and is often called the mini-Constitution.
It amended the Preamble by inserting the words socialist, secular and integrity, changing the description of India to a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic.
The 86th Amendment dealt with the right to education, the 44th Amendment reversed several Emergency-era changes, and the 38th Amendment concerned the proclamation of Emergency, none of which added the word socialist.
Hence, the word socialist was inserted by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act.
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