This article was designed to grant citizenship to residents, including those migrating back during the Partition, provided they had a settled home (domicile) in India.

The person has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India for at least five years immediately preceding the commencement of the Constitution (Jan 26, 1950). Context and Significance

Article 5 of the Indian Constitution defines the citizenship status of individuals at the time of the Constitution's commencement on .