Patterns and Triggers — Legal Reforms

Entry	Year	Description	Impact
42nd Amendment	1976	Added 'secular' and 'socialist' to the Preamble, strengthening the constitutional commitment to secularism and providing additional legal basis for preventing communal violence and maintaining religious harmony.	Strengthened the constitutional foundation for state intervention in communal matters and provided clearer mandate for maintaining secular fabric of society, influencing subsequent judicial interpretations in communal violence cases.