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.
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The latest update was on: 2024-06-16 21:38:19 GMT

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Baltimore Sun

  • Helping Pakistan — John E. Woodruff
  • Christian Science Monitor

  • A Step Toward Conciliation
  • Fearful Whispers in East Pakistani Streets — Henry S. Hayward
  • Pakistan Curbs Army Violence Following Outside Pressure — Henry S. Hayward
  • New York Times

  • U.S. Says More Arms Cargo Will Be Going to Pakistanis — Associated Press
  • No headline: Padma arrives in Montreal — Canadian Press
  • East Pakistani Economy Badly Hurt as Most Transport Is Crippled — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Editorial: Why Aid Pakistan
  • Pakistan Affairs, Special Issue

  • Full Text of President Yahya Khan's Address to the Nation on June 28, 1971
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: BRITISH PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT EAST PAKISTAN REFUGEE CAMPS. (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT YAHYA KHAN ANNOUNCES THAT A NEW CONSTITUTION IS BEING PREPARED (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Mrs Gandhi fears border spark could start war — Peter Hazelhurst
  • British MPs shaken by Bengal misery — Peter Hazelhurst
  • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/35.
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Sisco) to Secretary of State Rogers — Joseph Sisco
  • Washington Daily News

  • Helping to Kill More Bengalis
  • Washington Post

  • More U.S. Weapons Will Go to Pakistan
  • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • RAINS ADD TO DEATH TOLL OF PAKISTAN REFUGEES — Associated Press