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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Associated Press

  • VIDEO: SCENES SHOWING INDIAN POSITIONS ON BORDER WITH PAKISTAN — AP
  • VIDEO: MUTKI BAHINI USE CAPTURED WEAPONS AGAINST PAKISTAN ARMY — AP
  • Daily Telegraph (London)

  • The retreat to Chittagong? — Clare Hollingworth
  • New York Times

  • U.S. WILL GRANT NO NEW PERMITS FOR INDIAN ARMS — Terence Smith
  • EAST PAKISTANIS SHOT IN REPRISAL
  • RAIL LINE IS CUT, NEW DELHI SAYS — Charles Mohr
  • New Pakistani Charge
  • Jessore Threatened — Associated Press
  • India-Pakistan Combat Called Exaggerated — James P. Sterba
  • THANT RELAYS NOTE ON A PAKISTAN TEAM
  • Editorial: A Threat to the Peace
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon — Henry Kissinger
  • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/61