What kind of citizenship does the Constitution of India provide?
Question and options
What kind of citizenship does the Constitution of India provide?
One citizenship of India, with no State citizenship
Indian citizenship that may be held with another
State citizenship that the Union then recognises
Dual citizenship of India and of the home State
Answer and explanation
Part II of the Constitution (Articles 5 to 11) provides only for citizenship of India; there is no separate State citizenship as in the United States. Article 9 ends the Indian citizenship of a person who voluntarily acquires a foreign citizenship, and Overseas Citizenship of India under the Citizenship Act, 1955 is not citizenship at all.
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