Ambedkar rejected both the words, “secular” and “socialist,” which were later inserted by Indira Gandhi into the preamble of the Constitution during her undemocratic imposition of Emergency.
Please see for yourself the images from the original copy of the Constitution filled with Hindu imagery. All the images are from the original Constitution of Bharat signed by all the leaders of Bharat then, including Nehru, Ambedkar, etc.
Page with Dr B R Ambedkar’s signature
Page with Jawaharlal Nehru’s signature
The iconic symbol of Tamil Hindu Shaivism, Bhagawan Nataraj
Rendering of the Gita by Bhagawan Krishna
A Vedic village is the poster child of the chapter on citizenship
Mahaveer
Gautama Buddha
A court scene from a Hindu kingdom
The naval supremacy of the Tamil Hindu Chola kingdom
The Tamil Hindu Pallava kingdom’s famous Mahabalipuram
A classic Hindu temple architectural imagery
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, founder of Indian National Army (INA, to fight for the freedom of Bharat)
M K Gandhi welcomed in a village with a tilak and an oil lamp, the traditional Hindu way
Chatrapathi Shivaji
Rani Jhansi and Maharana Pratap Singh
A royal procession with the Hindu religious symbol, trishul, on the flag mast
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A medic and a graduate of the University of Cambridge, England, involved in inter-disciplinary research for the inculcation of a scientific rigour in the outdated fields of humanities: putting “science” into social sciences
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Dude, Constitution has images of all the religions. Please take for yourself before posting lies.
Dude, Constitution has images of all the religions. Please take for yourself before posting lies.
Great post!! Minor correction: the picture next to Rani Lakshmibai Niwalkar of Jhansi is not of Maharana Pratap, but of Peshwa Baji Rao the first.