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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Library of Congress - Kissinger Papers

  • Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Rogers and the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) — Rogers & Kissinger
  • New York Times

  • PAKISTAN AIRLIFT ON FOR AMERICANS
  • Territory Reported Held
  • Resistance Designates Capital
  • Yahya Appeals to Soviet
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: "BANGLADESH" FORCES ANNOUNCE CHUADANGA AS PROVISIONAL CAPITAL OF EAST PAKISTAN — Reuters
  • VIDEO: IRAN: AMERICANS TALK ABOUT EAST PAKISTAN SITUATION AFTER FLYING OUT FROM DACCA — Reuters
  • VIDEO: USA: PAKISTANI - DEMONSTRATION: (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Massacre of thousands of refugees by Bengalis alleged — Peter Hazelhurst
  • East is East and West is West in Bengal — Amalendu Das Gupta
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Subj: Dissent From U.S. Policy Toward East Pakistan: Telegram From the Consulate General in Dacca to the Department of State — Archer Blood
  • Yahya's Letter to President Nixon. Ref: State 54514, Dacca 1045 and New Delhi 4814. — Joseph S. Farland