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: 22/04/71 BANGLADESH LIBERATION ARMY TRAIN VOLUNTEERS — AP
  • New York Times

  • Bengalis Seeking to Regroup Their Forces for Guerrilla Action — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • PAKISTAN ACCUSES INDIA OF ATTACK — Eric Pace
  • Soviet Denounces Chinese Reds For Shift on Relations With U.S. — Theodore Shabad
  • Times (London)

  • Indian sanctuary for 258,000 Bengal refugees — Associated Press, Reuter
  • China 'betraying communism for the West'
  • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/21.
  • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • ARMY HAVOC IN EAST PAKISTAN CAN BE EXPLOITED BY REDS — Henry S. Bradsher