Paper I · 5 Indian Polity & Governance · 5.1.6 Citizenship

5.1.6.1 Articles 5–11: citizenship at the commencement

Part II only decides who was a citizen on 26 January 1950, mainly by domicile and in special rules for people who moved across the new border with Pakistan; everything later is left to Parliament under Article 11.

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Key terms

  • Part II
  • domicile
  • migrants from Pakistan
  • 19 July 1948
  • 1 March 1947
  • persons of Indian origin abroad
  • voluntary acquisition of foreign citizenship
  • single citizenship
  • rights of citizens

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