Secularism in India

Primary Sources

Indian Constitution

• Right to Equality (Part III, Articles 14 and 15)
• Right to Freedom of Religion (Part III, Articles 25-28)
• 42nd Amendment Act of 1976

Secondary Accounts

This BBC forum includes a range of views on Indian secularism from Indians and expatriate South Asians

Case study of the Shah Bano controversy

Centre for Study of Society and Secularism

"The Definition of 'Secular'"

Review of The Wheel of Law: India's Secularism in Comparative Constitutional Context

"Secularism and the Indian Constitution"

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