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The distinction between the meaning of the terms citizenship and nationality is not always clear in the English language and differs by country. Generally, nationality refers a person's legal belonging to a nation state and is the common term used in international treaties when referring to members of a state; citizenship refers to the set of rights and duties a person has in that nation.
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204 (1923), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States decided that Bhagat Singh Thind, an Indian Sikh man who identified himself as an Aryan, was ineligible for naturalized citizenship in the United States. [1]
Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884), was a United States Supreme Court landmark 1884 decision [1] [2] with respect to the citizenship status of Indians. [3]John Elk, a Winnebago Indian, was born on an Indian reservation within the territorial bounds of United States.
A Person of Indian Origin (PIO) is a person living outside of India and without Indian nationality, but of Indian origin up to four generations removed. It is available to persons of Indian origin anywhere in the world as long as they have never been nationals of Pakistan or of Bangladesh (a reservation excluding Muslims who joined Pakistan ...
In March New Delhi dismissed U.S. concerns over the implementation of a contentious Indian citizenship law, calling them "misplaced" and "unwarranted", and objected to a U.S. State Department ...
People who lost Indian citizenship (19 P) Pages in category "Indian nationality law" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2, 1924) was an Act of the United States Congress that declared Indigenous persons born within the United States are US citizens.
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