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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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Daily Telegraph (London)

  • Editorial: DIVIDE OR RULE
  • Concern in India
  • Pretense Dropped
  • East Wing Sealed Off — David Loshak
  • Casualties Likely to be Heavy — Simon Dring
  • 'No Mercy' In Pakistan Fighting

    • Guardian(UK)

  • Why Mujib’s bid for freedom failed — Martin Adeney
  • Yahya has taken a move for autonomy and made it into a revolution — Peter Preston
  • Will Pakistan fall apart?

    • Library of Congress - Kissinger Papers

  • Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and His Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) — Kissinger & Nixon

    • National Broadcasting Corporation

  • VIDEO: Situation in East Pakistan — NBC

    • New York Times

  • Both Sides Claim Gains in Pakistan
  • Sticks and Spears Against Tanks — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Army in Control — Arnold Zeitlin
  • Report Confirmed in Capital

    • Northern Echo

  • The first story out of Dacca — Reuters
  • 7,000 die in the fight to ‘free’ East Pakistan — Reuters

    • Reuters

  • VIDEO:INDIA: INDIAN YOUTHS GATHER AT EAST PAKISTAN BORDER BUT CANNOT CROSS. (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: NO SIGN IN KARACHI OF TROUBLE IN THE EAST (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: WEST BENGALI STUDENTS MARCH ON BORDER TO PROTEST AGAINST ARMY TAKEOVER IN EAST PAKISTAN (1971) — Reuters

    • The Harvard Crimson

  • Civil War Continues in East Pakistan

    • Times (London)

  • Bengal fighting may bring Indian attack — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Solid support for Sheikh from all over India — Our Correspondent
  • More ‘Independence’ moves — Amalendu Das Gupta
  • Heavy battles reported for control of the main Cities of East Pakistan
  • EDITORIAL: The watching neighbours
  • IMAGE: Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: "Pakistan is Saved".
  • Move to bring Britons out seems unlikely
  • Tanks smash barricades in Dacca — Brian May, Agence France Presse
  • Chance for the left in E Bengal — Paul Martin
  • As the dream of a Pakistan united by Islam fades, dictatorship and Army rule seem the lesser evil — Peter Hazelhurst

    • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram 978 From the Consulate General in Dacca to the Department of State, March 29, 1971, 1130Z — Archer Blood