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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Detroit Free Press

  • Pakistani rebels ask recognition — United Press International
  • Guardian(UK)

  • East Pakistan - a land living in fear — Maurice Quaintance
  • Government forces take two more rebel strongholds
  • Indian maintains silence — Inder Malhotra
  • EDITORIAL: Rhetoric and Reality
  • New York Times

  • Bengalis Form a Cabinet as the Bloodshed goes on — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • U.S. Acknowledges Sales of Ammunition to Pakistan — Benjamin Welles
  • Pakistan Reports Seizing Indian Arms in Victory
  • India Studies Statement
  • Secessionists Claim Sovereignty
  • Editorial: China‐India‐Pakistan
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS LAY SIEGE TO ARMY GARRISON IN RAJSHAHI. — Reuters
  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: TWO INDIAN BORDER GUARDS HELD BY PAKISTAN ARMY (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Bengal rebels seek British recognition — Peter Hazelhurst
  • East Bengal resistance crumbles as troops advance