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: EAST PAKISTAN LEADERS MEET IN DACCA — AP
  • New York Times

  • All Mujib's Aides Reported Seized
  • US Urges Pakistan Seek Peaceful Accomodation — Benjamin Welles
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: TWO EAST PAKISTAN DIPLOMATS ASK FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM TO FURTHER CAUSE OF BANGLADESH — Reuters
  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: AWAMI LEAGUE SUPPORTERS MOVE INTO ARMY BARRACKS AT DARSANA -- BUT HAVE ONLY SPEARS AND DAGGERS TO DEFEND THEM — Reuters
  • VIDEO: ITALY: EIGHT EAST PAKISTANIS DESERT FROM PAKISTAN SUBMARINE AND FLY TO POLITICAL ASYLUM IN INDIA. (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Efforts to trace six Britons missing in East Pakistan — Peter Hazelhurst
  • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/20.
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State — Joseph S. Farland