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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New York Times

  • Big Powers Act to Prevent Indian-Pakistani Fighting — Tad Szulc
  • Bengali Rebel Tells of Aid From India — Associated Press
  • U.S.‐Pakistan Food Pact
  • 88 OF AWAMI LEAGUE KEEP PAKISTAN SEATS
  • GROUP WOULD AID BENGALI SCHOLARS — Henry Raymont
  • Stamps: Bangla Desh: Tread with Caution — David Lidman
  • India: Will Words Yield To Bullets? — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • U.K. National Archives

  • IMAGE: 'Recognize Bangla Desh' rally in Trafalgar Square, London. 8 August 1971 — Keystone Press