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: Pakistani officers ceremonially hand over their arms to Indian forces — AP
  • Guardian(UK)

  • Bangladesh: Peril of delay
  • New York Times

  • PAKISTAN SWEARS BHUTTO AS CHIEF, REPLACING YAHYA — Malcolm W. Browne
  • U.S. Recognition Foreseen
  • In Pakistan-Held Dacca: War Swirls Into Hotel Neutral Zone — James P. Sterba
  • With the Indian Army: A Village Ablaze, a Blown Bridge — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • New Delhi Termed Willing To Negotiate With Bhutto — Fox Butterfield
  • India Censors Execution Photos As Harmful to 'National Interest' — Associated Press
  • MORE BENGALIS QUIT PAKISTANI MISSIONS — Reuters
  • All Bengali Diplomats in Jakarta Defect — Reuters
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon — Henry Kissinger
  • Letter From Pakistani President Bhutto to President Nixon — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: MUKTI BAHINI CONTROL ROVER AREA BY BOAT. — Reuters
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Memorandum of Conversation