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

  • Indian and Pakistani Armies Confront Each Other Along Borders — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Pakistan Accuses India
  • Editorial: ‘The Smell of War’...
  • Editorial: ... The Cruelest Cut
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: FRESH INFLUX OF REFUGEES FROM EAST PAKISTAN POURS INTO INDIA AS TROOP BUILDUPS CONTINUE IN THE BORDER AREAS — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Mrs Gandhi rejects meeting with President Yahya and turns down border withdrawal plan — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Pakistan cargo risk rates doubled
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Subj: East Pakistan Insurgency—Evaluation — Spivack