Category: GovernancePart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC
سیکولرزم
/secularism/Roman
English meaning: Secularism
Definition
The principle of separating the state from religious institutions, ensuring no official religion and equal treatment for all faiths. Secularism was added to India's Constitution Preamble by the 42nd Amendment in 1976.
Example
“ہندوستان کا آئین سیکولرزم کے اصول پر قائم ہے۔”
In English: “India's constitution is based on the principle of secularism.”
Literary Heritage
“خودی کو کر بلند اتنا کہ ہر تقدیر سے پہلے، خدا بندے سے خود پوچھے بتا تیری رضا کیا ہے۔”
/Ḳhudī ko kar buland itnā ke har taqdīr se pahle, Ḳhudā bande se ḳhud pūche batā terī razā kyā hai./
“Raise your self so high that before each decree God asks your own desire.”
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- Language
- اردو
- Urdu
- Script
- Perso-Arabic
- Family
- Indo-Aryan
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