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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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New York Times

  • Editorial: Mr. Bhutto's New Pakistan
  • U.N. Council Backs India‐Pakistan Troop Pullback
  • Round‐Up by Indian Troops — United Press International
  • Bhutto Appoints a Bengali To Serve as Vice President — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Guerrillas in Dacca Scorn the Exile Regime — The Washington Star
  • Pakistan Aide in Poland Changes His Allegiance
  • ' Who Knows How Many Millions Have Been Killed' in the East? — Associated Press
  • Bengalis Hunt Down Biharis, Who Aided Foe — Kasturi Rangan

    • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon — Henry Kissinger

    • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI TROOPS LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS — Reuters
  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: BIHARIS SEEK POLICE PROTECTION UNDER BANGLADESH REGIME — Reuters

    • Times (London)

  • Bangladesh leaders due in Dacca today after explaining delay — Amalendu Das Gupta
  • Pakistan gunboat arrives in Malaysia port — Reuters
  • Link with China expected to be strengthened — Agence France Presse
  • Guerrillas join hunt for the tiger' — Reuters
  • Mr. Bhutto still obsessed by Kashmir — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Sheikh Mujib will be freed from jail but put under house arrest

    • U.S. National Archives

  • Paper Prepared in the Department of State, undated