Anyone born in India during British rule was a British Subject, even ethnic Indians. Those of British parentage too were considered British Subjects, and not British Citizens. The laws are complex, but to my understanding, if your father was a British Citizen (i.e. born in the UK) you might be classed as such, but I'm not at all sure about this. James Sinclair jimsin12@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: india-request <india-request@rootsweb.com> To: india <india@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 8:14 Subject: INDIA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 139 Today's Topics: 1. Citizenship (Eardley Downling) 2. DNA (Warren B Abbott) 3. Re: Citizenship (Anthea Tillyer) 4. Re: Citizenship (Maureen Evers) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 17:45:25 -0400 From: Eardley Downling <ehdowling@sympatico.ca> Subject: [INDIA] Citizenship To: <india@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP141F379B569640FDB250F2ACC7B0@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Greetings! A child born in Calcutta in 1893, Father British mother Indian or other. Is the child a British Citizen. Any difference if the child is male or female. What if the Mother is British. Regards E.P.Dowling ------------------------------