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Are you a citizen?

Published: May. 15, 2026 | Updated: May. 20, 2026
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Citizenship has been in the news for some time now and not necessarily for good reasons. The past month and a half seem to have made the focus on citizenship even sharper. The first place to look for what citizenship means should be the Constitution of India. And citizenship does find mention in Part ll of the Constitution. This part begins with Article 5 which says:

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