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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Guardian(UK)

  • Big guns in the arms race — Martin Woollacott
  • EDITORIAL: On the brink of war
  • New York Times

  • Big Indian Force Reported Going Into East Pakistan; Fighter Aircraft in Clash — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • EMERGENCY IS SET — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Reports to U.S. Tell Of Border Crossing — Benjamin Welles
  • U.N. ALL BUT HALTS ITS AID IN PAKISTAN
  • Gulf & Western Donates Million for India Relief
  • Where Are the 'Great Powers'? — James Reston
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Backchannel Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland) — Henry Kissinger
  • Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Conversation Among President Nixon, his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), and Secretary of State Rogers, Washington, November 24, 1971, 12:27–1:12 p.m.
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: INDIA AND EAST PAKISTAN: INDIAN TROOPS STEP UP BORDER PATROLS AS MUKTI BAHINI LAUNCH ATTACKS INSIDE EAST PAKISTAN. — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • Undeclared war as ‘guerrillas’ invade — Peter Hazelhurst
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Subj: Indo-Pak Military Escalation
  • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • Bangla Desh Leadership Future Uncertain — Henry S. Bradsher