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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The latest update was on: 2024-06-16 21:38:19 GMT

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Far Eastern Economic Review

  • Salvage Operation — Werner Adam
  • Guardian(UK)

  • Nation founded amid strife — Reuters
  • Editorial: Tragedy in Pakistan
  • Heavy fighting after UDI by East Pakistan — Our Foreign Staff
  • New York Times

  • LEADER OF REBELS IN EAST PAKISTAN REPORTED SEIZED — Associated Press
  • Armed Rebellion Reported
  • Specter of a Civil War has long haunted Pakistan — Ralph Blumenthal
  • U.S. Aides Rate West Pakistan's Forces as Stronger — William Beecher
  • Dacca: Sprawling, Dusty Metropolis
  • Observer (London)

  • Pakistan puts India in a dilemma — Inder Malhotra
  • Watch By Red Cross — Our Foreign Staff
  • Times (London)

  • Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, now faces the crisis he has always feared — Paul Martin
  • Pakistan on the brink of war
  • Heavy Fighting as Sheikh Mujibur Declares E. Pakistan Independent — Reuters, UPI and AP
  • IMAGE: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a symbol of Bengali resistance
  • U.S. National Archives

  • GOI Reaction to East Pakistan Developments: Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State/1/ — Kenneth Keating