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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Boston Globe

  • Malnutrition Adding To Cholera Toll
  • Guardian(UK)

  • Flight into suffering
  • Indians see only one answer to refugee problem — Lee Lescaze
  • Mrs. Gandhi flying to Calcutta — Inder Malhotra
  • Prelude to an order for genocide — Rehman Sobhan
  • EDITORIAL: Yahya’s last millions
  • New Republic

  • The United States and Bangla Desh; Bailing Out Pakistan — Rehman Sobhan
  • New York Times

  • Britons Rushing Cholera Shots To India — Anthony Lewis
  • Accord on Relief Reached
  • BID TO DISSIDENTS HINTED IN KARACHI — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: PAKISTAN REFUGEES CAUSE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: CHOLERA DEATH TOLL RISES AS REFUGEES CROSS INTO INDIA (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • British charities rush out vaccine as Bengal cholera threatens 60 million — Clifford Longley
  • Half Hindu population flees from East Bengal fearing persecution by Muslim troops — Peter Hazelhurst
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State — Joseph Farland
  • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • Pakistan, U.N. Agree On Relief For War Area