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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Associated Press

  • VIDEO: SYND 23/12/71 MUKTI BAHINI HELP WITH RELIEF OPERATIONS IN BANGLADESH — AP
  • VIDEO: SCENES OF MASSACRE OF 200 EAST PAKISTANI INTELLECTUALS — AP
  • Daily Telegraph (London)

  • Moment of truth for the moslem state — Harold Sieve
  • Pakistan drains the cup
  • Far Eastern Economic Review

  • Far Eastern Economic Review Roundup
  • Nation

  • Editorials: Late Show at the UN
  • New York Times

  • Outgrowth of War: Major Loss Is Seen For U.S. Influence — Henry Tanner
  • Not to Be Forgotten — Anthony Lewis
  • Reporter Is Killed
  • Dacca Reported Quiet
  • India Says Negotiations Await a New Regime in Pakistan — Fox Butterfield
  • 4 Tortured, Slain at Dacca Rally — Associated Press
  • PAKISTAN ASSERTS PRESIDENT YAHYA IS QUITTING TODAY — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Time

  • HOPELESS TASK
  • The U.S. : A Policy in Shambles
  • COVER STORY -- The Bloody Birth of Bangladesh: OUT OF WAR, A NATION IS BORN
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State — Joseph Farland