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: BANGLADESH REBELS AT A TRAINING CENTER IN EAST BENGAL — AP
  • Baltimore Sun

  • U.S. Asked Not to Aid Pakistan — Adam Clymer
  • New York Times

  • Yahya Tells Thant Relief Aid Is Not Needed Now — Kathleen Teltsch
  • Yahya Said to Plan Visit — Associated Press
  • Army Men in Pakistan See Heresy In Western‐Style Education There — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Times (London)

  • IMAGE: Petition to suspend aid to West Pakistan
  • India tells UN it will need £140m. a year to feed two million refugees from East Pakistan — Peter Hazelhurst
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Letter From Indian Prime Minister Gandhi to President Nixon — Indira Gandhi
  • Washington Daily News

  • Aid to Pakistan