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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Kayhan International (Iran)

  • The decline and fall of Sheikh Mujib — Amir Taheri
  • New York Times

  • U.N. TO SEND TEAM TO EAST PAKISTAN — Benjamin Welles
  • UNICEF Centers in India — Associated Press
  • McCarthy Asks Recognition Of Independent East Bengal
  • East Pakistan: Shades Of the Vietnam War — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Editorial: Himalayan Confrontation?
  • New York Times Magazine

  • Why They Fled Pakistan -And Won't Go Back — Khushwant Singh
  • Pakistan-American Friends Association

  • India and Bangladesh: Testimony from the Foreign and Indian Press
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: U.K.: TEN THOUSAND EAST PAKISTANIS DEMONSTRATE IN LONDON IN SUPPORT OF BANGLA DESH. (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • The ‘plot’ against Yahya Khan
  • EDITORIAL: Cholera - what price world sympathy ?