18 Hindu refugees from Pak get Indian citizenship

https://www.rediff.com/news/report/gujarat-18-hindu-refugees-from-pak-get-indian-citizenship/20240317.htm 18 Hindu refugees from Pak get Indian citizenship Eighteen Hindu refugees from Pakistan residing in Ahmedabad have been granted Indian citizenship during a camp attended by Gujarat minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi. At the camp organised at the district collector's office on Saturday, Sanghavi conferred Indian citizenship to the 18 persons and urged them to work together to realise the dream of a new India. Gazette notifications of 2016 and 2018 empower the district collectors of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kutch in Gujarat to grant Indian citizenship to people of minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, said an official release.