Pakistani singer Adnan Sami has been granted Indian citizenship by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The 42-year-old will be an Indian citizen from January 1, reported ANI. Sami has been staying in India since 2001.
Section 6 of the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955, grants Indian citizenship to applicants with distinguished contribution in the field of science, philosophy, art, literature, world peace or human progress via a certificate of “naturalisation”.
In May this year, the MHA had granted Sami the right to stay in India indefinitely on humanitarian grounds after his Pakistani passport expired.
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