April 10, 2026 04:36 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Amit Shah promises UCC, ₹3,000 aid per month for women and youth in BJP’s Bengal manifesto | Nitish Kumar takes Rajya Sabha oath; power shift looms in Bihar | Sting video fallout: AIMIM snaps electoral ties with Humayun Kabir in Bengal | Israel says Hezbollah chief’s nephew-cum-secretary killed in Beirut strikes last night | Modi slams TMC on trade, fisheries at Haldia; vows 7th pay commission for govt employees | ‘US military will remain in and around Iran’: Trump amid fragile ceasefire | BJP eyes Assam hattrick, Puducherry comeback; LDF faces Kerala test | Israel claims Hezbollah chief's nephew killed in Beirut strikes last night | Jaishankar’s high-stakes diplomatic tour: EAM to visit UAE this week, first visit amid Middle East conflict | Passport row: Barricades outside Pawan Khera’s Hyderabad house after Himanta Biswa Sarma's warning

Adnan Sami granted citizenship, feels he is 'home'

| | Jan 02, 2016, at 08:18 pm
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IBNS) Singer Adnan Sami, who is now an Indian citizen, on Saturday said he feels that he has finally made it home.

Quoting from the film 'Gandhi', Sami tweeted: "'I've traveled so far. And all I've done is come back... home.'(Quote from the movie 'Gandhi') ."

Sami on Friday thanked the Indian government for granting him the citizen in the nation.

Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the singer tweeted: "My Profound thanks to Honourable Prime Minister @narendramodi ji for approving my Indian Citizenship.A New birth!"

"I'm highly indebted to the Honourable HM @BJPRajnathSingh ji for his tremendous support in granting me Indian Citizenship," he said.

The  singer, who has his roots in Pakistan, had earlier made a representation  to the Indian home ministry on the issue.

The singer was last given a  visa extension to stay in India in October, reports said.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.