Dubai has emerged very fast on the world map in the last few years. Dubai has many options from sports to entertainment and business, which attract people, but very few people know that Delhi had great influence on Dubai during the British rule. Dubai never became a part of India, but it was in possession of the British rule. According to a report by ‘BBC’, one -third of Arabia was under the British Indian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century.
According to the report, about one third of the Arabian Peninsula was with the British Indian Empire in the early 20th century. The rule of the British government also used to work on this. All the countries in the British control in Arabia, from Aden to Kuwait, were all controlled from Delhi. They were ruled through Indian political service.
Lord Curzon gave special suggestions to the British government
Indian soldiers were always eyeing the British Raj countries. All protected countries were legally considered part of India under the Interpretation Act, 1889. According to the report, Viceroy Lord Curzon had given a suggestion that Oman should also be considered as a native state of India like Luce Belya or Kilat.
Indian passports were also issued in Yemen’s Aden. Interestingly, Mahatma Gandhi reached Aden in 1931, then Arabic youth met him. He described himself as an Indian nationalist.
British Raj was spread to Arabia
Very few people were aware that the British Raj was spread to Arabia at that time. In the real map of India, in which these areas were shown, they did not publicly come forward. They were kept secret. Arab states were not shown in any public documents.
When was the Gulf separated from India
According to the report, politics was changing very fast in the 1920s. The nationalists of India started seeing the country culturally by not seeing any empire. It was a good chance for English rule. He separated Aden from India on 1 April 1937. King George Vi A telegram message was sent from the side of which it was said that Aden has been an integral part of India for the last 100 years, but it will now be different.

