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.

This page is very much a work in progress and new material is added regularly. The site currently has the following content.
Total items: 3024 — Text : 2762 — Image : 12 — Video : 250 — Audio : 0

The latest update was on: 2024-06-16 21:38:19 GMT

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Associated Press

  • VIDEO: KHAN AND MUJIBUR CONTINUE TALKS — AP
  • Guardian(UK)

  • Future of Pakistan depends on talk — S. R. Ghauri
  • Machine gun guard on Yahya in Dacca — Martin Adeney
  • New York Times

  • A VISIT TO DACCA BEGUN BY YAHYA — Tillman Durdin
  • Sheik Mujib Is Popular With His Hindu Neighbors — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • India Bans Flights — Special to the New York Times
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: LIFE CONTINUES AS NORMAL IN DACCA AS POLITICAL LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT CRISIS (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Troops out in Dacca for Yahya visit — Paul Martin