| | Indian nationality law -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | The provisions relating to citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution are contained in Articles 5 to 11 in Part II of the Constitution of India. |
 | | An application, for registration of the birth of a minor child, must be made to an Indian consulate and must be accompanied by an undertaking in writing from the parents of such minor child that he or she does not hold the passport of another country. |
 | | This is because during the framing of the constitution, India was partitioned into India and Pakistan (Pakistan being the seceding state) and the constitution framers thought it was necessary to provide in some manner, for the legitimisation of refugee entrants from Pakistan who were previously Indian citizens. |
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