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

  • Pact Said to Bury India's Nonalignment — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • PAKISTAN EXPECTS BENGALI ATTACKS — Malcolm W. Browne
  • THANT AGAIN ASKS AID TO PAKISTANIS — Sam Pope Brewer
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA: EAST PAKISTAN REFUGEES DEMONSTRATION SEEKS INTERNATIONAL AID FOR SHEIKH MUJIB (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: SENATOR KENNEDY ARRIVES IN NEW DELHI AFTER VISITING EAST PAKISTAN REFUGEE CAMPS. (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: U.S.A.: YOUNG AMERICANS PROTEST AGAINST ARMS SHIPMENTS TO PAKISTAN (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Kennedy mission gives warning of danger to refugee children — Reuters & UPI
  • Lawyer exile offers to defend shaikh — Peter Hazelhurst
  • The Times Diary
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan — Richard Nixon