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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  • Stand East Bengal: What now? — Dilip Hiro
  • New York Times

  • War With India Possible, Pakistani General Asserts — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Indians and Pakistanis Disagree, on Plan to Return Diplomatic Staffs — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Awami League Accused — Reuters
  • Foreign News Reports Criticized by Pakistan
  • Times (London)

  • Call for aid to Pakistan refugees — Peter Hazelhurst
  • India accused of big build-up on border — Malcolm Brown
  • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/24.
  • Washington Post

  • U.S.-Aid Tanks Used In Pakistan