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)

  • EDITORIAL: India provokes war
  • New York Times

  • Pakistani Arms Streaming to Border — Malcolm W. Browne
  • INDIA SAYS BATTLE IN STRATEGIC AREA IS IN ITS THIRD DAY — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • To India the U.S. Is a Bitter Disappointment — Max Frankel
  • China Condemns the Incursions by India — Tillman Durdin
  • U.S. in Plea to India, Pakistan and Soviet — Terence Smith
  • " No Reaction So Far"
  • Jurists Ask Data on Mujib
  • Yahya Seeks U. N. Observers — Agence France-Presse
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Backchannel Message From the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) — Joseph Farland