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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.

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

  • Keating Report Stirs Pakistanis--Westerners Assail Remarks on the Conflict in East — Eric Pace
  • Pakistan's Made-In-U.S.A. Arms — Chester Bowles
  • PAKISTAN: In This Case — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Independence Ceremony — Associated Press

    • Observer (London)

  • The fading dream of Bangladesh : The guerrillas will fight on — Colin Smith

    • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: 'BANGLA DESH' LEADERS DECLARE FORMAL INDEPENDENCE OF NEW BENGALI REPUBLIC, AND APPEAL FOR WORLD RECOGNITION (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: FLOOD OF REFUGEES FROM EAST PAKISTAN INCREASES AS GOVERNMENT TROOPS PRESS FOR CONTROL OVER BORDER AREAS — Reuters
  • VIDEO: UK: SIX THOUSAND EAST PAKISTANIS STAGE PRO-INDEPENDENCE DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON (1971) — Reuters

    • Times (London)

  • Far from the holocaust — Nicholas Tomalin