Depali Das receives Indian citizenship certificate under Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

Exam-focused facts from the 8 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Depali Das, a 60-year-old resident of Cachar district in Assam, received a certificate of naturalisation under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
The citizenship was granted on the grounds that she entered India from Bangladesh in February 1988 due to religious persecution.
She had previously been declared a foreigner by a Foreigner’s Tribunal (FT) in February 2019 and spent over two years in a detention camp at Silchar Central Jail.
The naturalisation certificate was issued through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) CAA citizenship portal.
The proof of her Bangladeshi nationality was established using an official inquiry report prepared by a sub-inspector of the Assam Police.
The police report identified her original address as Parani Baniachung, Sylhet, in Bangladesh.