Several persons of Indian origin have been residing in foreign countries or have been migrating there for purposes of employment or otherwise. The founding fathers were far-sighted enough to have made provisions in the Constitution to protect the citizenship rights of such persons in India. Article 8 thus provides that any person who or either of whose parents or grand parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 and who is ordinarily residing in any country outside India shall be deemed to be a citizen of India if he has been registered as an Indian citizen by the diplomatic or consular representative of India in that country on an application made by him in the prescribed form to such diplomatic or consular representative, whether before or after the commencement of the Constitution. Thus Article 8 takes care of the future citizenship needs of all Indians residing abroad.
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