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: 04/12/1970 EAST PAKISTAN ELECTION PREVIEW — AP
  • Guardian(UK)

  • More Schisms Than Isms — Peter Preston
  • New York Times

  • The Bengalis and the Punjabis: Nation Split by Geography, Hate — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • East Pakistanis Parade As Election Fever Rises — Ralph Blumenthal
  • East Pakistan Failed to Use Storm‐Warning System
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT YAHYA KHAN DISCOUNTS RUMOURS OF RECENT GOVERNMENT CHANGES. — Reuters