Thank you for visiting the Bangladesh Archives. These archives are a collection of material on the 1971 war of Independence in Bangladesh. Material includes Newspaper and magazine articles. Documents from the US government and other sources, videos and audio matieral. Any suggestions and contributions of material is always welcome.

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New York Times

  • Military Governor's Oath Blocked in East Pakistan — Tillman Durdin
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: EAST PAKISTANI LEADER SHEIKH MUJIB RAHMAN DEMANDS AN END TO MARTIAL LAW BEFORE HE'LL ATTEND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING. (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Pakistan hesitates before making the final choice between compromise and head-on collision — Paul Martin
  • Britons are advised to leave East Pakistan
  • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/13.