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.

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

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Daily Telegraph (London)

  • Mrs. Gandhi on mission to west — Clare Hollingworth
  • Pakistan army’s crack units ‘itching to go’ — David Loshak
  • New York Times

  • Pakistan Reports 2 Raids — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Many Accept India Count Of 9.4 Million Refugees
  • ‘Flying Swami’ Begins Pakistan Peace Flight
  • Firefight Near Kashmir Cited
  • India Charges Shelling — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Time

  • East Pakistan: Even the skies weep
  • Times (London)

  • Mrs Gandhi flies abroad in spite of war threat — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Kremlin envoy meets leaders of Bangla Desh — Denzil Peiris
  • Obsession with war on the Indian sub-continent — Peter Hazelhurst