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.

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The latest update was on: 2024-06-16 21:38:19 GMT

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Baltimore Sun

  • Two Senators Ask Cut-off In Aid To Pakistan — Adam Clymer
  • New York Times

  • Cholera Rampant On Bengal Border — Reuters
  • Pakistanis Jam Banks To Turn In Recalled Currency — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Disease, Hunger and Death Stalk Refugees Along India's Border — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • U.N. Responsibility Sought
  • Dispute Over Total
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: INTERNATIONAL AID ARRIVES -- BUT PLIGHT STILL SERIOUS (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Aid is big business now — Guy Hawtin
  • EDITORIAL: THE DOUBLE TRAGEDY OF BENGAL
  • Britain ready to give more help to refugees
  • UN faces giant relief task — Alan McGregor
  • Indian townspeople turn on refugees squatting in mosques and houses — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Labour clash on Bengal aid forces Commons debate today — Hugh Noyes
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Irwin to President Nixon — John Irwin
  • Washington Daily News

  • UNITED STATES UPS BENGAL REFUGEE AID — R. H. Shackford
  • Washington Post

  • Pakistan Aid Cutoff Sought By Senators
  • Medical Supplies Flown To Calcutta
  • Refugees Clash With Indians
  • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • PAKISTANIS, NEAR PANIC, DUMPING PAPER MONEY — Malcolm W. Browne
  • UNITED STATES PLANS MORE AID FOR REFUGEES IN INDIA