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.

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American Broadcasting Corporation

  • VIDEO: Pakistan: East Pakistan becomes independent country — ABC
  • VIDEO: Sheik Mujibur Rahman declares region Independent Republic, ABC, March 26, 1971 — ABC
  • Guardian(UK)

  • Curfew eased by army in East Pakistan — Martin Adeney
  • Students hostels were shelled — Martin Adeney
  • Troops used ‘shoot first’ tactics — Martin Adeney
  • National Broadcasting Corporation

  • VIDEO: Civil war breaks out in East Pakistan — NBC
  • New York Times

  • Pakistan Asserts Control in East — Associated Press
  • Sheik Mujib calls strike — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • In Pakistan, United States Is Villain — Tillman Durdin
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Situation in Pakistan: Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon/1/ — Henry Kissinger
  • Pakistan: Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting/1/
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN LIBRARY FILM PROFILE OF AWAMI LEAGUE LEADER MUJIBUR RAHMAN OF EAST PAKISTAN. — Reuters
  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: SHEIKH MUJIB INTERVIEW (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: GOOD LIFE GOES ON IN KARACHI DESPITE CRISIS IN EAST PAKISTAN (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: BIRTH OF A NATION. (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Shots in Dacca as E Pakistan drifts nearer to secession — Peter Hazelhurst, Agence France Presse, Reuter