Ext 6588/47 'Air action in Aden Protectorate: copy of Secretary of State for Colonies minute to PM, 9 May 1947: note by External Department on Bombing on North West Frontier'
IOR/L/PS/12/1241
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The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 10 May 1947-19 May 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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This file contains correspondence and minutes regarding conflict in the Aden Protectorate and on the North West Frontier. The minutes cover the following: an attack on Ahwar-Habban in the western part of the Aden Protectorate; air actions and future policy; the Dhala incident and recommended actions; reference to the air action attack in Bromi Khel, Pakistan, in August 1947.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Secretary of State for India and Burma and officials of the Colonial Office.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (21 folios)
- Arrangement
The file's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/1241
- Former external reference(s)
- Ext 6588/47
- Date(s)
- 10 May 1947-19 May 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Subjects
- India-Pakistan Conflict (1947-1949)
- Places
- Bromi KhelAden Protectorate
- People & organisations
- Colonial OfficeSecretary of State for India and Burma, United Kingdom
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Ext 6588/47 'Air action in Aden Protectorate: copy of Secretary of State for Colonies minute to PM, 9 May 1947: note by External Department on Bombing on North West Frontier', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1241, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00022e> [accessed 27 August 2024]
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/1241
- Title
- Ext 6588/47 'Air action in Aden Protectorate: copy of Secretary of State for Colonies minute to PM, 9 May 1947: note by External Department on Bombing on North West Frontier'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence