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British Indian passport
Former travel document issued to subjects of the British Indian Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The British Indian passport was a passport, proof of national status and travel document issued to British subjects of British India (officially mentioned as the Indian Empire), British subjects from other parts of the British Empire, and the subjects of the British protected states in the Indian subcontinent (i. e. the British Protected Persons of the 'princely states'). The title of the state stamped on the outside cover but not inside the passport was the "Indian Empire",[1] which covered all of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar (Burma).
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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, Pakistani or British nationality.