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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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Boston Globe

  • CALCUTTA NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH CHOLERA VACCINE — United Press International
  • In Barasat, A Child Lies Dying On The Green — Dennis Neeld

    • Le Monde (Weekly English Edition)

  • Pakistan -- Charity Is No Answer — Gerard Viratelle
  • Bengal-- Corpses In The Wake Of A Crusading Army — Gerard Viratelle

    • New York Times

  • Refugee Flow Continues
  • UNICEF Issues Appeal
  • Relief Program Planned
  • Briton Urges East Pakistani Settlement — John M. Lee

    • Reuters

  • AID Financed Boats Will Supply East Pakistan Cyclone Survivors
  • Move to Cut Aid to Pakistan
  • VIDEO: INDIA: SUFFICIENT CHOLERA VACCINE NOW ON HAND TO CONTAIN EPIDEMIC....FURTHER AID BEING SENT (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: CALCUTTA SUBURB SWAMPED BY INFLUX OF A QUARTER MILLION REFUGEES IN 48 HOURS (1971) — Reuters

    • Times (London)

  • Britain’s response to cholera crisis astounds India as deaths fall — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Indian tempers beginning to wear thin as refugees wreck town life — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Relief supplies will not be held back — Tim Jones
  • Only a settlement by Pakistanis can reverse river of refugees

    • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/30.