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British Nationality Act 1948
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The 1948 British Nationality Act gave people from British colonies the right to live and work in Britain
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In 1948 the British Government passed the British Nationality Act, which created the status of ‘Citizens of the United Kingdom and the Colonies’. It gave people from British colonies, including India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka as they were then, the right to live and work in Britain. Before 1949 all citizens of British colonies and dominions were automatically considered British subjects but this now changed. From 1949 people in the British Commonwealth could register their British citizenship, whether or not they actually moved to the UK.
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