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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New York Times

  • Airlift of Americans Starts from East Pakistan Today — Benjamin Welles
  • Army Reported Gaining — James P. Sterba
  • Efforts to Hamper Army — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • East Pakistanis Said to Adopt Guerrilla Tactics
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA CONGRESS PARTY CABINET MEETS TO FINALISE POLICY ON EAST PAKISTAN SECESSION MOVEMENT. — Reuters
  • VIDEO: PAKISTAN: NEW FILM FROM JESSORE SHOWS HORRORS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CAUGHT UP IN FIGHTING (1971) — Reuters
  • Soviet Review

  • RESIDENT N. V. PODGORNY'S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT YAHYA KHAN — PRESIDENT N. V. PODGORNY
  • Times (London)

  • Pakistan army said to be wiping out leaders in brutal war — Louis Heren
  • Revenge fears by non-Bengali Muslims — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Mass slaughter of Punjabis in East Bengal — Nicholas Tomalin