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

  • All Serious Armed Opposition Seems Ended in East Pakistan — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Pakistan Weighs Devaluing Rupee - Top Economists Due in United States For Appeal on Aid — Benjamin Welles
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum of Conversation between Nixon, Ahmad, Hilaly and Saunders — Harold Saunders
  • Time

  • Pakistan: Humiliation or war
  • Times (London)

  • Indian border area shelled by Pakistan forces — Agence France Presse, Reuter
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Memorandum of Conversation between Ahmed, Hilaly, Kissinger, Saunders