<P> Indian nationality law largely follows the jus sanguinis (citizenship by right of blood) as opposed to the jus soli (citizenship by right of birth within the territory). The President of India is termed the First Citizen of India . </P> <P> The Government of India Act 1858 established the British Raj and formally brought the majority of Indians under British imperial rule . Until the Indian Independence Act 1947 took effect on 15 August 1947, Indians under the British Raj generally fell into one of two categories: </P> <Ul> <Li> Indians resident and born in British India came under the direct dominion of and bore allegiance to the British Crown, and held the status of British subject . From 1 January 1915, the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 defined British subjects as those born or naturalised in the British Sovereign's dominions (including British India), women married to men born or naturalised in the aforementioned Crown dominions and children legitimately born to a British subject father anywhere in the world . </Li> <Li> Indians resident and born in a princely state (also known as an "Indian state" or a "Native state") under the British Raj, or in any other British protectorate or protected state under the British government, held the status of British protected person . This status extended to the wives and legitimate offspring of male subjects of those states . British protected persons were considered de jure foreigners, but could travel on British - issued passports . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Indians resident and born in British India came under the direct dominion of and bore allegiance to the British Crown, and held the status of British subject . From 1 January 1915, the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 defined British subjects as those born or naturalised in the British Sovereign's dominions (including British India), women married to men born or naturalised in the aforementioned Crown dominions and children legitimately born to a British subject father anywhere in the world . </Li>

Not a provision of granting citizenship of india