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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New York Times

  • Pakistan Radio Reports Seizure Of Nine Indian Arms Vehicles — James P. Sterba
  • Army Unit Surrounded
  • China Breaks Silence
  • Bengali Sailors Desert
  • Letter to the Editor — B. W. GAJWANI
  • Newsweek

  • Pakistan plunges into civil war
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: STREET COLLECTION FOR EAST PAKISTAN. (1971) — Reuters
  • Time

  • Pakistan: Toppling over the brink
  • Times (London)

  • Rebel fighters lacking leadership, food and medical supplies — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Podgorny appeal to President Yahya to end bloodshed in E. Pakistan — Our Own Correspondent
  • Armed Indian Maoists pour into E Bengal — Peter Hazelhurst
  • American saves three Britons from execution — United Press International
  • Wall Street Journal

  • A Dubious Honor