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.

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Bangladesh Genocide and the World Press

  • Genesis of holocaust
  • New York Times

  • Refugees And Cholera Increase In India
  • 500 and 100-Rupee Bills Withdrawn By Pakistan
  • U.N. Aide In Pakistan
  • F.A.O. Appeals For Aid
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: WEST GERMANY: AID FOR PAKISTAN REFUGEES LOADED ONTO AIRCRAFT (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: ANTI-CHOLERA VACCINE REACHES REFUGEE CAMP: SCENES OF HORROR ALONG REFUGEE ROADS INTO INDIA (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: UK: EMERGENCY SUPPLIES LOADED FOR BENGAL AS CHOLERA CRISIS CONTINUES (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: FRANCE: ANTI-CHOLERA VACCINE PREPARED (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: REFUGEES LIVE IN SEWER PIPES AS AUTHORITIES STRUGGLE TO FEED AND SHELTER FIVE MILLION PEOPLE (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Food needs of Bengal refugees beyond UN agency's resources
  • Race strife as well as cholera seen as threat to Bengal refugees — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Washington Post

  • EAST PAKISTAN: A Wound Unhealed
  • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • INDIA POLICE TRY TO HALT RIVER CHOLERA BURIALS