"Sovereign" as mentioned in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. To know More click http://bit.ly/UlTe8y. The literal Meaning of the word 'Sovereignty' is "a state or a governing body has the full right and power to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies." As per the preamble of the Indian Constitution, it implies that India is Neither a Colony (Dependency) nor a Dominion of any other Nation in the world, instead an Independent State. Although, till the 'Indian Independence Act 1947' came, India was a dependency of the then British Empire and later it changed its course at the time of transition and became a Dominion of the British Commonwealth of Nations, in between 15 August 1947 till 26 January 1950. After India declared to have enacted and adopted the Constitution Of India, India declared herself as a Sovereign country. Although it continued to be a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations while accepting the British Crown as its head. However India accepted to be a member of the Commonwealth of Nations (Earlier British Commonwealth of nations) in 1949, it has always cleared his stand that it is in no way contradicting its sovereignty. Its just like any other alliance with any other Nation or a group of Nations. In the words of the Former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, In context of India's Sovereignty and association with the Commonwealth of Nations in 1949, He said, 'We have achieved it. Does a nation lose its independence by an alliance with another country? Alliance normally means commitments. The free association of the Sovereign Commonwealth of Nations does not involve such commitments. Its very strength lies in its flexibility and its complete freedom. It is well known that it is open to any member nation to go out of the commonwealth if it so chooses. It is an agreement by free will, to be terminated by free will'. Further there is also no question of encroachment of India's sovereignty while being a member of the United Nations Organisation (UNO). Being a sovereign nation, India can acquire a foreign territory or cede any part of its own in favor of some other nation. For e.g. Sikkim has become a part of the India's Political Map only in 1975, much later after India's Independence. Till India declared its constitution, It was governed by the Government of India Acts which were created by the then British Parliament. But unlike that, as the India's Constitution is ordained by the people of India through their representatives assembled in the sovereign constituent Assembly, which was competent to determine the political destiny of India in manner it preferred. The words, ' We the people of India.....adopt, enact and give to ourselves this constitution.' thus declare the ultimate sovereignty of the people of India and the Constitution rests on their authority. To watch more such videos at Likhaai, kindly log on to https://www.likhaai.com https://www.facebook.com/likhaai https://www.twitter.com/likhaai https://www.youtube.com/likhaai https://www.youtube.com/thenextlandmark You may also send us your comments, likes and dislikes at the above URLs. Regards Vaibhav Garg Founder Likhaai

• published: 21 Jul 2014
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