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Persons of British background born in British India prior to Independence in 1947 were generally entitled to British nationality under the British Nationality Act 1948. However, this provision did not extend to persons, and their descendants born in [[Princely States]], which were not under the direct control of the British, even when births took place in cantonment areas controlled by the British. Individual application was required, and nationality status could be denied, refer External links below.
Some decisions appear arbitrary. "People, even siblings, with exactly the same circumstances were treated differently.<ref>Tillyer, Anthea. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2015-08/1439850805 Case-by-case with the Home Office] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 17 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015</ref>
==Records==
*British Library records IOR/L/ PJ/8/1-76 Collection 101: Aliens (1931-1950)] includes [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000001220.0x000142 IOR/L/ PJ/8 /13-15 Coll 101/10; British Nationality Bill (Jul 1947-Feb 1948)] , Coll 101/10/1; British Nationality Bill and Act, 1948 (Feb 1948-Aug 1948) and Coll 101/10/2; British Nationality Act, 1948: interpretation and operation (Aug 1948-Apr 1950)
*[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1949/jul/21/british-subjects-far-east-status#S5CV0467P0_19490721_HOC_9 British Subjects, Far East (Status)] Hansard 21 July 1949 vol 467 cc1527-8
*[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1949/nov/03/indian-born-british-subjects-status#S5CV0469P0_19491103_HOC_20 Indian Born British Subjects (Status)] Hansard 03 November 1949 vol 469 c565
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pP_TdfyFDQEC&pg=PA6 The Way We Are: An Anglo-Indian Mosaic] page 6, chapter "Never Give In" by Moira Breen (2008) indicates that the author’s father, who was born c 1890s in Hyderabad, a [[Princely States|Princely State]], was deemed to be not British,even though his father had been a clerk in the British Residency in [[Secunderabad]], which was a British cantonment area.
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