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The conferment of a person as a [[Citizenship|citizen]] of [[India]] is governed by the [[s:Constitution of India/Part II|Part II]] of the [[Constitution of India]] (Articles 5 to 11). According to Article 5, all the people that were resident in India at the commencement of the Constitution were citizens of India as well as people born in India. The [[President of India]] is termed the First Citizen of India. | The conferment of a person as a [[Citizenship|citizen]] of [[India]] is governed by the [[s:Constitution of India/Part II|Part II]] of the [[Constitution of India]] (Articles 5 to 11). According to Article 5, all the people that were resident in India at the commencement of the Constitution were citizens of India as well as people born in India. The [[President of India]] is termed the First Citizen of India. | ||
The Indian legislation related to this matter is '''The Citizenship Act, 1955''', which has been amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Acts of 1986, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2015 and 2019. The 1986 amendment restricted citizenship by birth to require that at least one parent had to be an Indian citizen. The 2003 amendment further restricted that aspect by requiring that a parent could not be an illegal immigrant. The 2003 amendment also mandated the Government of India to construct a [[National Register of Citizens]]. The [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|2019 amendment]] provided an easier path to citizenship for minorities persecuted on the basis of religion, i.e Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi and Christians from the neighbouring Muslim-majority countries of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afgha | |||