Article 9 was debated on 10, 11 and 12 August 1949. This Article barred dual citizenship.
It was not initially a separate Article, and instead was debated as a proviso to Draft Article 5 (Article 5) of the Constitution. During the revision stages, the Drafting Committee decided that that bar on dual citizenship must be a general principle and not be restricted to conditions under Article 5.
During the Constituent Assembly debates, one member argued in favour of dual citizenship. He noted that it should be limited to countries which extend the same to Indians. However, the Assembly voted against this proposal without debate, and the Article was adopted as it was.
