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

  • Letters to the Editor: Sheikh Mujib's Illegal trial
  • Kennedy, in India, Terms Pakistani Drive Genocide — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Kennedy Leaves India — Associated Press
  • Roundup of Rebels in Dacca
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum of Conversation between Dobrynin and Kissinger
  • CONTINGENCY PAPER—INDO-PAKISTAN HOSTILITIES
  • Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting
  • Times (London)

  • Mr Kennedy convinced of genocide in E Bengal — Peter Hazelhurst