Aden

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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

External Links

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

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