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: BENGAL SPIES ARRESTED — AP
  • New York Times

  • Pakistan Demands India Oust Diplomats — United Press International
  • Flee by the Thousands — Reuters
  • Karachi Reports Gains
  • Editorial: ‘An Internal Matter’?
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Backchannel Message From the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) — Joseph Farland
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: PAKISTAN'S FORMER DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER NOW OPERATES SELF-STYLED 'BANGLADESH' MISSION IN CALCUTTA (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • West Pakistan troops use tanks in drive to seize rebel-held towns — Michael Hornsby
  • India will deny bases to East Bengalis — Michael Hornsby
  • Full account promised of moves on Pakistan
  • Wall Street Journal

  • A flickering cause: East Pakistanis pledge to fight to the death but mostly they don’t — Peter R. Kann
  • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • Aid For Pakistan