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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Nation

  • Pakistan: What Never Gets Said — Paul Deutschman
  • New York Times

  • New Delhi Sources Admit Troops Entered Pakistan — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • U.S. WILL CANCEL LICENSES TO SHIP ARMS TO PAKISTAN — Bernard Gwertzman
  • Pakistan Politician Slain
  • China Pledges Aid to Pakistan — Globe & Mail, Toronto
  • Newsweek

  • A WAR WAITING TO HAPPEN
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: OFFICIALS CLAIM MORE THAN 60 KILLED AFTER INDIAN BORDER SHELLING. — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • China pledges ‘resolute support’ if Pakistan soil is invaded — James Pringle
  • Peking pledge of support fails to meet Pakistan military hopes — David Housego
  • Washington to end supply of arms to Karachi — Bernard Gwertzman
  • Red Cross aid sought for relief in East Bengal — Clifford Longley
  • Cyclone flattens homes in East Pakistan
  • Editorial: INDIA AND PAKISTAN GO OUT CANVASSING
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Subject: Secretary’s Meeting with Prime Minister Gandhi; East Pakistan Problem — William Rogers