History of Equality

The deep rooted causes for emergence of equality echoes in the Indian constitution, has been due to the deep rooted problems of caste marginalisation and it long remained as an backward as well as undeveloped part, rooted in social stigmas and subordination, which resulted in categorisation like OBCs, SCs and STs.

Equality: Liberty and equality are two of the most fundamental keywords of democracy and the Indian constitution. In the case of India, both liberty and equality are mentioned in the Preamble of the Constitution and equality is one of the four primary keywords of polity in India, followed by other important terms like Justice, Liberty, and Fraternity, as they are defined in the Preamble of Indian constitution. Let us learn more about the types of equality.

“The Right to Equality proper is a right of equal fulfillment of basic human needs, including the desire to develop and employ specifically human capacities,” writes D.D Raphael.