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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Guardian(UK)

  • Mrs. Gandhi’s belligerence
  • Border areas closed — Reuters
  • Library of Congress - Kissinger Papers

  • Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon — Henry Kissinger
  • New York Times

  • MRS. GANDHI BIDS PAKISTAN REMOVE FORCES FROM EAST — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Indian Force in Pakistan for the 4th Day — Charles Mohr
  • Another Village Is Reported Captured — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Calcutta Is Blacked Out In an Air-Raid Exercise — Associated Press
  • Capture of Town Reported — United Press International
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Subject: US Military Sales to India. — William Rogers