Under the Citizenship Act, 1955, any citizen of India can lose his Indian citizenship by which of the following ways?

By renunciation

By termination

By deprivation

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The citizenship act, of 1955 prescribes three ways of losing citizenship:
By renunciation: Any citizen of India of full age and capacity can make a declaration renouncing Indian citizenship. Such declaration may not be accepted during the war. Even the minor children of the person who renounces citizenship stand to lose their Indian citizenship. However, when their children attain the age of eighteen, they may resume Indian citizenship.
By termination: If a citizen of India voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country, then he loses the citizenship of India.
By deprivation: Compulsory termination of Indian citizenship by the Central government, if the person obtained the citizenship by fraud or shown disloyalty to the Constitution of India or imprisoned for a term of two years (in the last 5 years after naturalization) or citizen has been ordinarily resident out of India for a period of 7 years.

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The citizenship act, of 1955 prescribes three ways of losing citizenship:
By renunciation: Any citizen of India of full age and capacity can make a declaration renouncing Indian citizenship. Such declaration may not be accepted during the war. Even the minor children of the person who renounces citizenship stand to lose their Indian citizenship. However, when their children attain the age of eighteen, they may resume Indian citizenship.
By termination: If a citizen of India voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country, then he loses the citizenship of India.
By deprivation: Compulsory termination of Indian citizenship by the Central government, if the person obtained the citizenship by fraud or shown disloyalty to the Constitution of India or imprisoned for a term of two years (in the last 5 years after naturalization) or citizen has been ordinarily resident out of India for a period of 7 years.

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