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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Daily Telegraph (London)

  • Bangladesh plans for new offensive — Norman Kirkham
  • Well meant, but not well conceived
  • Economist

  • It’s much more than cholera
  • Far Eastern Economic Review

  • WEST BENGAL: Hope For None — Nayan Chanda
  • INDIA-PAKISTAN: Pressure to Compromise — Nayan Chanda
  • New York Times

  • Refugees Airlift Causing concern; US Aides Fear Pakistanis Will Meet Hostility — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Aid To Be Distributed
  • Hatred Now Splits Pakistanis in Britain, Too — Bernard Weinraub
  • America and the World I — Anthony Lewis
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: THE TREATMENT OF CHOLERA — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: HEAVY RAIN IN BORDER AREAS CUTS DOWN NUMBER OF REFUGEES AS SPORADIC FIGHTING CONTINUES IN EAST PAKISTAN. (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Soviet planes join US in massive airlift of 21 million Bengal refugees
  • Nearly £500,000 raised in Britain in three days — Robert Fisk
  • The Times Diary:Salman Ali’s awkward dilemma
  • Washington Post

  • India Fears Refugees Sparking New Hindu-Moslem Fight — Lee Lescaze
  • India To Receive Vaccine For 3 Million