Aden

Aden
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates:	12.772440°N 45.039271°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name:	 Aden
State/Province:
Country:	Yemen
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Aden, a port city in Yemen, was part of British India from 1838. It was originally governed by Bombay Presidency then became a Chief Commissioner's province. After the Government of India Act (1935) Aden became a separate colony in 1937 and remained under British control until 1963.

There was a cantonment there.

Records

Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Aden 1840-1948, IOR N/13; most of the Aden entries also appear in the Bombay returns.

History

Military

• Seizure of Aden 1839
• Occupation of Lahej 1871
• Battle of Aden 1890

External Links

• Aden Wikipedia
• Aden in Days of Empire adenairways.com
  • Infantry Battalions in Aden 1883-1908
  • Troopships and the trooping season between India and the United Kingdom. This lasted for about seven months each year, with the full programme being published some months in advance. The five-month gap (April- August) was the same each year – to avoid the worst of the heat in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Historical books online

• "Aden", page 260 Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume VI Expeditions Overseas by Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India 1911 Archive.org
• The cantonment at Aden, page 280 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862 Google Books

Maps

• Aden and Surroundings Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 26 1909