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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 it became the capital of Yemen in 1970.
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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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Aden separate colony] in 1937 and remained under British control until 1963.
  
 
==Records==
 
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==History==
 
==History==
===Military===
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*[[Seizure of Aden 1839]]
 
*[[Seizure of Aden 1839]]
 
*[[Occupation of Lahej]] 1871
 
*[[Occupation of Lahej]] 1871

Revision as of 17:41, 5 June 2010

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
Transport links

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.

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

Aden Wikipedia