Q.List stateless people living in India today. Write a short note on any of them.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →India, despite a genuine tradition of offering refuge, has long-standing communities of stateless people or long-term refugees within it — the clearest example being the Tibetan refugees who arrived following the Dalai Lama in 1959 — most of whom remain without full citizenship for years or generations.
The chapter explains that India prides itself on providing refuge to persecuted peoples, citing the example of the Dalai Lama and his followers, who arrived in India as refugees in 1959. It also notes more broadly that entry of people from neighbouring countries has taken place along all the borders of the Indian state, and this process continues — with many such people remaining stateless for years or generations, living in camps or as illegal migrants, and only a relatively small number of them eventually being granted Indian citizenship.
Example — Tibetan refugees: Following the Dalai Lama's arrival in India in 1959 after fleeing Tibet, tens of thousands of Tibetans followed him into exile in India over subsequent years. Many Tibetan refugees and their India-born descendants have lived in India for decades, in settlements across several states, without automatically holding Indian citizenship — illustrating exactly the situation the chapter describes, where a state offers refuge and protection but full citizenship for those it shelters is not automatic or universal, and can remain unresolved across generations. …
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