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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New Statesman

  • Corpses in the sun
  • New York Times

  • Cholera Toll Among Bengalis Put at 2,000 by Indian Aides — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, June 4, 1971, 9:42–9:51 a.m.
  • Times (London)

  • Secret Catalogue of Guilt And Disaster Over East Pakistan — Peter Hazelhurst
  • BACKGROUND TO THE FAILURE OF THE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN SHAIKH MUJIB AND THE LEADERS OF WEST PAKISTAN: SECRET CATALOGUE OF GUILT AND DISASTER OVER EAST PAKISTAN
  • Drug supplies running out as 5,000 refugees die of cholera — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Washington Post

  • Indians Adamant: Pakistan Refugees Must Return Home — Lee Lescaze
  • U.S. Will Assist Refugee Relocation