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

  • Parliament in India Condemns Pakistani ‘Massacre’ in East — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • U.S. Discusses Civilians — Benjamin Welles
  • EAST PAKISTANIS SAID TO FIGHT ON
  • Pacific Stars and Stripes

  • Bengali 'Liberation Army' Nears Dacca, Rebels Claim — Associated Press
  • Russia, India Seeking End to E. Pakistan Fighting — Associated Press
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: WEST BENGALIS STAGE GENERAL STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY WITH EAST PAKISTAN. — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA & EAST PAKISTAN: REFUGEES CROSS BORDER RIVER BUT QUIET PREVAILS IN BORDER VILLAGES — Reuters
  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: THOUSANDS SUPPORT THE BANGLA DESH, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE EVIDENCE OF HEAVY FIGHTING. — Reuters
  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: General Tikka Khan sworn in as governor of East Pakistan — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • W Pakistan troops pull back to cities — Peter Hazelhurst
  • 35,000 reported killed in Dacca
  • Indian support for E Pakistan cause
  • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/19.