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

  • Envoy Backs Bangla Desh — Reuters
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: MUKTI BAHINI FORCES OPERATE IN EAST PAKISTAN AS REFUGEES DRIFT BACK TO TOWNS — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Border build-up brings warning from India — Peter Hazelhurst
  • President Yahya quoted by Shaikh’s defence — Associated Press
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Subject: Risks of War in Indo-Pak Confrontation. Ref: State 185010. — Kenneth Keating
  • Telegram 186578 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan, October 12, 1971, 1837Z — William Rogers