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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:BIpassport.jpg|thumb|300px|The Front cover of a British Indian passport.]]<br />
[[Image:Quaid passport burhan.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]'s passport issued by the [[British Indian Empire]].]]<br />
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The '''British Indian passport''' was a [[passport]], proof of national status and travel document issued to [[British subjects]] of the [[British Indian Empire]], British subjects from other parts of the [[British Empire]], and the subjects of the British [[Protectorate|protected states]] in the [[Indian subcontinent]] (i. e. the [[British Protected Person]]s of the '[[princely states]]'). The title of the state used in the passport was the "[[Indian Empire]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlasofbritempire.com/Dominions.html|title=Dominions 1931-1947|work=Historical Atlas of the British Empire|access-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222085510/http://www.atlasofbritempire.com/Dominions.html#|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> which covered all of [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Burma]].<br />
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The use of the passport was discontinued after the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, and its bearers were entitled to opt for [[Indian nationality law|Indian]], [[Pakistani nationality law|Pakistani]] or [[British nationality]].<br />
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== Pre-1947 History ==<br />
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The use of passports was introduced to the [[British Raj]] after the [[First World War]].<ref>[http://www.mumbaispace.com/passport/indian-passport.htm MumbaiSpace Indian Passport History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006112024/http://www.mumbaispace.com/passport/indian-passport.htm |date=6 October 2010 }}</ref><br />
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The ''Indian Passport Act of 1920'' required the use of passports, established controls on the foreign travel of Indians, and foreigners travelling to and within the Presidencies and Provinces of British India.<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6b54d18.html Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 (No. 34 of 1920)]</ref> The passport was based on the format agreed upon by the 1920 [[League of Nations]] International Conference on Passports.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/about-history-modern.asp |title=History of Passports |access-date=23 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415071658/http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/about-history-modern.asp |archive-date=15 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Related pages==<br />
*[[Indian passport]]<br />
*[[Pakistani passport]]<br />
*[[Indian nationality law]]<br />
*[[Pakistani nationality law]]<br />
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