138 it has been retained in the Fifteenth Amendment. In the original 1972 constitution this article read thus: “6. The citizenship determined (2) The and people of of Bangladesh regulated Bangladesh shall by shall be law. be known as Bangalees.” During the Martial Law regime, this article was amended through Proclamation Amendment Order, 1977 (Proclamation Order No.1 of 1977). In 2011 by the Fifteenth Amendment it has been amended in the following terms: “6. The citizenship determined (2) The and people of of Bangladesh regulated Bangladesh shall by shall be be law. known as Bangalees as a nation and the citizens of Bangladesh shall be known as Bangladeshies.” The latest amendment to the article 6 in 2011 was brought by a democratic regime and what we see in clauses (2) of article 6 is that a substantial provision introduced by the martial law government in