Template:PD-India

This Indian work is in the public domain in India because its copyright has expired for one of the following reasons:

1. In case of a photograph, work of cinema, sound recording, anonymous work, posthumous work, governmental work, or copyright owned by a corporation, it was published more than 60 years ago (that is before 1 January 1965), or
2. In case of an artistic work, the creator died more than 60 years ago (that is before 1 January 1965), or
3. In case of the text of laws, judicial opinions, and other government reports, these are free from copyright.

See this page for further explanation

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This file may not be in the public domain outside India. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.

This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:

• if it entered the public domain in India prior to 1996 (i.e., the author died before 1941 for most works or it was published prior to 1941 for photographs - see Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights), or
• when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.

Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.

If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in India an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.

If the media is in the public domain in both India and the United States, it may be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.

Note: If this image is in the public domain in the U.S., modify the end of the copyright tag from }} to |commons}}.
This will replace the preceding U.S. copyright notification with a nomination for this image to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.

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Type of work	Copyright term	What is in the public domain in India as of 1 January 2025	What is in the public domain in the U.S. (i.e., not affected by the URAA)
Anonymous, pseudonymous, corporate, photographs, cinematographic works, international organisations, and government works	60 years from date of publication (or creation, for anonymous works)	Works published before 1965	Works published before 1941
Other works	60 years after the author's death	Works from authors who died before 1965	Works from authors who died before 1941

Even if a work was affected by the URAA, if it was published before 1930 then it is still in the public domain in the U.S.

If a work is in the public domain in both countries, write {{PD-India|commons}}.

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