India is a secular democracy.

Secular means that a state, government or any of its functionaries do not discriminate on the
basis of caste, creed, gender, colour and religion. It also means that the nation is free from
any religion and the followers of all religions have equal rights and freedom in the country.
All religions are treated as equal in the country and are equally important to its citizens. Thus
secular nature is the behaviour of the state towards the religion of its citizens.

A democracy is where the people of a country chose their own representative to run the
government of the country. There is neither a king nor any absolute power to govern the
nation.

India is one of the biggest secular democratic country of the world. After its independence
the Indian Constitution was formed which gave the freedom of religion to all its citizens. The
articles 25-28 provide for the freedom to religion to the citizen of India. It is a basic right
which cannot be taken away by any law prevailing in the country. The freedom of religion as
per Article 25 is as under:

25. Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion
(1) Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions of this Part, all
persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practise
and propagate religion
(2) Nothing in this article shall affect the operation of any existing law or prevent the State
from making any law
(a) regulating or restricting any economic, financial, political or other secular activity which
may be associated with religious practice;
(b) providing for social welfare and reform or the throwing open of Hindu religious
institutions of a public character to all classes and sections of Hindus Explanation I The
wearing and carrying of kirpans shall be deemed to be included in the profession of the Sikh
religion Explanation II In sub clause (b) of clause reference to Hindus shall be construed as
including a reference to persons professing the Sikh, Jaina or Buddhist religion, and the
reference to Hindu religious institutions shall be construed accordingly.

Apart from this the preamble at the time of coming into effect did not contain the word
Secular but an amendment brought in the year 1976 (42nd Amendment) made India a secular
state.
Also the government in India is “by the people, for the people, of the people”. Each state is
represented by a representative elected amongst them. Also there is a separation of powers in
between the centre and the state and also between the organs of the Government, i.e.,
Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. These organs work freely from each other. There is a
system of checks and balances between them. All important decision of the country is taken
by the country as a whole after proper discussion and taking in view the betterment of the
country irrespective of any religion caste or creed.
 India is a proper example as to how people from different sorts of cultural and religious
backgrounds come together to form one of the most powerful democracy of the world.