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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Guardian(UK)

  • Sir Alec presses for Bangladesh aid — Colin Legum
  • New York Times

  • Letter: Bengal: A Threat of Famine — DANIEL C. DUNHAM
  • Pakistan to Ask a Moratorium on Debts — Malcolm W. Browne
  • New York Times Magazine

  • The Political Tidal Wave That Struck East Pakistan — Peggy Durdin
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: TENSION ON PAKISTAN BORDER (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Pakistan: The communal carnage — Anthony Mascarenhas