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: 25-12-71 INTERVIEWS WITH NEW BANGLADESH PREMIERS — AP
  • VIDEO: GENERAL NIAZI BIDS TROOPS FAREWELL BEFORE LEAVING FOR INDIA — AP
  • Library of Congress - Kissinger Papers

  • Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Rogers and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, December 23, 1971, 8 p.m.
  • New York Times

  • Bengali Insurgent Leaders Hailed on Return to Dacca — Associated Press
  • India Links World Recognition Of Bangladesh to Troop Pullout
  • Refugees to Be Returned — Kasturi Rangan
  • Pakistan Criticizes U.N.
  • Sheik Mujib Moved From Prison to House Arrest — Reuters
  • Passports Are Impounded — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Telegram 19600 From the Embassy in India to the Department of State, December 23, 1971, 1035Z — Kenneth Keating
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: UNITED NATIONS: INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SINGH EXPLAINS WHY INDIAN TROOPS NOT QUITTING EAST PAKISTAN. — Reuters
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State — Joseph Farland