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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Daily Mirror

  • Why the hell are we so silent? — Woodrow Wyatt
  • New York Times

  • Pakistan Reports Indians Do Not Recognize Bengalis — Eric Pace
  • Pakistani Diplomat Rebuffed — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Cholera and Smallpox Reported
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST NEW PAKISTANI DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER. (1971) — Reuters
  • Stanford Daily

  • U.S. Role In East Pakistan Genocide — Bangladesh Committee
  • Times (London)

  • Angry Bengalis attack hotel in Calcutta after arrival of new envoy from Pakistan — Michael Hornsby
  • Cholera grips refugees from E Pakistan
  • Wall Street Journal

  • Pakistan's Plight Bodes Ill for Nixon's New, Higher Foreign Aid Request