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Read the paragraph under the heading ‘Abolition of Title’ and answer the following question.

The Awards can’t be used by the recipient as a title. Why?

According to Article 18 in The Constitution Of India 1949, the abolition of titles includes the following:

a) no citizen of India shall accept any title from any foreign country


b) no title shall be conferred by the state, excluding the academic or military ones


c) no Indian citizen shall accept any title from any foreign country, without the consent of the president, while he holds any office of profit or trust under the State.


d) no Indian citizen shall accept any present, emolument, or office of any title from any foreign country, without the consent of the president, while he holds any office of profit or trust under the State.


During independence, there were many individual kingdoms. The kings of these kingdoms were referred to as Lord, Raja, etc. If the usage of these titles had continued for a longer period, the concept of equality would be in danger. Thus, the Government of India introduced the above-mentioned Article in the Indian constitution. It is also observed that the title of Mahatma Gandhi i,e, 'father of the Nation,' was not given to him by the state officials. In fact, it was Subhas Chandra Bose who had used this term for him.


Thus, the awards cannot be used by the recipient of the same as a title.


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Are these restrictions on the right to freedom justified? Give reasons for your answer.

a. Indian citizens need permission to visit some border areas of the country for reasons of security


b. Outsiders are not allowed to buy property in some areas to protect the interest of the local population


c. The government bans the publication of a book that can go against the ruling party in the next elections

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Look through this chapter and the previous one and make a list of the six Fundamental Rights in the Constitution.

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Are the Fundamental Rights being violated in each of the following cases? If so, which Fundamental Right or Rights? Discuss with your classmates.

a. Suppose a person is kept in a police station for 4 days without being told which law was broken?


b. Suppose your neighbour tries to claim some of your lands as her own.


c. Suppose your parents do not allow you to go to school. They make you take up a job in a match factory instead because they cannot afford to feed you properly.


d. Suppose your brother refuses to give you the land that you have inherited from your father.

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Suppose you are an advocate. How would you argue the case for a group of people who come to you with the following request:

“The river in our area is getting very polluted by the factories upstream. We get our drinking water from the river. People in our villages keep falling ill because of the polluted water. We have complained to the government, but there has been no action from their side. This is surely a violation of our Fundamental Rights.”