Originally Posted by
GUWonder
India -- much like some other former British colonies in Asia and Africa -- has a constitutional ban against Indian citizens holding Indian citizenship and another country's citizenship at the same time. Short of surrendering all those foreign nationalities, submitting a false application or a change in their constitution, getting Indian citizenship and retaining it is not possible.
In India's case, there is the Person of Indian Origin Card which gives the holder many of the benefits a passport would.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-res..._Indian_Origin