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Fundamental Duties Of An Indian Citizen:

According the article 51A of Indian constitution following eleven are the prime duties of an Indian citizen towards its nation and nationalism:

To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideal and institutions, the National Flag and the national Anthem;

To cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom;

To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India;

To defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so;

To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women;

To value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;

To protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures;

To develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform;

To safeguard public property and to abjure violence;

To strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity, so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement."

To provide opportunities for education by the parent the guardian, to his child, or a ward between the age of 6-14 years as the case may be.

Fundamental Rights Of An Indian Citizen:

The seven fundamental rights recognised by the constitution are:

Right to equality, including equality before law, prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and equality of opportunity in matters of employment, abolition of untouchability and abolition of titles.

Right to freedom which includes speech and expression, assembly, association or union or cooperatives, movement, residence, and right to practice any profession or occupation (some of these rights are subject to security of the State, friendly relations with foreign countries, public order, decency or morality), right to life and liberty, right to education, protection in respect to conviction in offences and protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.

Right against exploitation, prohibiting all forms of forced labour, child labour and traffic in human beings;

Right to freedom of religion, including freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion, freedom to manage religious affairs, freedom from certain taxes and freedom from religious instructions in certain educational institutes.

Cultural and Educational rights preserving Right of any section of citizens to conserve their culture, language or script, and right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.

Right to constitutional remedies for enforcement of Fundamental Rights.

Right to education which ensures that children up to the age of 14 get education. It can also be free of cost.

National symbols and major facts and figures of our nation:

Sr.	Entity	Title	Description	Logo/Image
1	National Flag	Tricolor	Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue colour.
2	National Bird	Peacock
3	National Flower	Lotus
4	National Tree	Banyan
5	National Anthem	Jan-Gan-Man
6	National River	Ganges
7	State Emblem	Ashoka Chakra
8	National Calender	Saka Era
9	National Animal	Tiger
10	National Song	Vande-Matram
11	National Fruit	Mango
12	National Sport	Hockey
13	National Currency	Rupee	One Rupees=100 paise
14	National Language	Hindi	17 major languages, 844 dialects
15	Population	1027 millions
16	Area	3.3 million squre kms
17	Geo Location	Indian sub-continent (South Asia)	Lies between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97 ° 25' east
18	Coastline	7600 kms long
19	Religious view	Secular - religion free state	Major Religions: Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity, Jainism
20	Political view	Democracy	Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic
21	State Unions	28 States and seven centrally administered Union Territories
22	Form of government	Parliamentary, based on universal adult franchise
23	Legislature	Parliament, consists of President and the two Houses, known as Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha	Parliament, consists of President and the two Houses, known as Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the People )
24	Executive	Consists of President, Vice-President and Council of Ministers led by the Prime Minister
25	Judiciary	Independent of executive

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