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.
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The latest update was on: 2024-06-16 21:38:19 GMT

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Nation

  • THE WAR NOBODY STOPPED
  • The Great Powers Wash Their Hands — V. G. Kiernan
  • The Genesis of Resistance — Rehman Sobhan
  • From Genocide Toward Statehood — VED P. NANDA
  • New York Times

  • India Weighs Bengali Plea To Try Pakistani Officials — Fox Butterfield
  • Pakistan Pledges Action — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon — Henry Kissinger
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: INDIAN ARMY'S CHIEF OF STAFF SAM MANECKSHAW FLIES IN ON FIRST VISIT TO DACCA. — Reuters
  • Time

  • India: Easy Victory, Uneasy Peace
  • "We Know How the Parisians Felt" — Dan Coggin