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

  • Pakistan Bound
  • Guardian(UK)

  • Pakistan aid discreetly suspended — Bernard D. Nossiter
  • Captive officers a ‘Casus Belli’ — Martin Woollacott
  • Pakistan decries British aid — S. R. Ghauri
  • Nation

  • The Arms Harvest
  • The Bloody Surgery Of Pakistan — Aijaz Ahmad
  • New York Times

  • Austerity Budget Set In Pakistan — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Newsweek

  • The terrible blood bath of Tikka Khan — Tony Clifton
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Letter From Pakistani President Yahya to President Nixon — Yahya Khan
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: VILLAGE LIFE RETURNS TO NORMAL — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • India increases forces on western border — Peter Hazelhurst
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State — Joseph Farland
  • Washington National Records Centre

  • Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Selden) to Secretary of Defense Laird — Armistead Selden
  • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • Pakistan Raid Bengali Villages — Arnold Zeitlin