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

  • 60 Cholera Deaths Reported in the Calcutta Area
  • India Appeals in Moscow — Reuters
  • Measuring the Tragedy — Anthony Lewis
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon — Henry Kissinger
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: U.K. ANTI-CHOLERA SUPPLIES FOR PAKISTAN (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: DENMARK: UNITED NATIONS SEND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO CHOLERA-STRICKEN INDIA. (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Indian seal off border as monsoon brings new perils to cholera victims — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Mrs Gandhi appeals to the world — Reuter
  • World wakes up at last but it may be too late — Louis Heren
  • Britain in defence of its £1m aid offer — Christopher Warman
  • U Thant foresees speedy and substantial relief — Michael Knipe
  • Washington Post

  • United States, Britain Withdrawing Diplomats from E. Pakistan
  • Calcutta Fears Refugees Cholera