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IV — DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY · Article 49

Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

It shall be the obligation of the State to protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest, 1[declared by or under law made by Parliament] to be of national importance, from spoliation, disfigurement, destruction, removal, disposal or export, as the case may be.

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