Article 5: Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution
Article 5, Draft Constitution of India 1948
At the date of commencement of this Constitution-
(a) Every person who or either of whose parents or any...
Article 6: Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan
Draft Article 5A (Article 6) was debated on 10, 11 and 12 August 1949. It had not been included in the Draft Constitution 1948....
Article 7: Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan
Draft Article 5AA (Article 7) was debated on 10, 11 and 12 August 1949. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee proposed the insertion of...
Article 8: Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India
Draft Article 5B (Article 8) was debated on 10, 11 and 12 August 1949. It was not initially included in the Draft Constitution 1948....
Article 9: Persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State not to be citizens
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...
