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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Economist

  • A general's first duty is to control his men
  • Far Eastern Economic Review

  • India: Going Through Hell — A. Hariharan
  • UNITED NATIONS: Cruel Restraint — Louis Halasz
  • New York Times

  • Dacca Is Still Gripped by Fear 3 Months After the Onslaught — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Cholera Cases and Deaths Doubled in '71, W.H.O. Says
  • Times (London)

  • Minister hints that India may go to war over E Bengal — Peter Hazelhurst
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India — William Rogers
  • Washington Post

  • 11 Nations Decline Aid To Pakistan — Bernard D. Nossiter