1971.03.26, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Time)
Shots in Dacca as E Pakistan drifts nearer to secession From Peter Hazelhurst Karachi, March 25 Pakistan Plunged headlong on towards political chaos, violence and secession today when it became obvious that President Yahya Khan’s courageous attempts to end the...
1971.03.26, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Time)
Dacca talks fail Pakistan today appeared to have plunged deeper into crisis with the breakdown of the talks between President Yahya Khan and the East Pakistan leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Evidently the talks failed when Sheikh Mujib who has been ruling East Pakistan...
1971.03.16, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Guardian), Yahya Khan
Machine Gun Guard On Yahya In Dacca Martin Adeney Dacca, March 15. President Yahya Khan drove onto Dacca today. behind half a dozen military trucks with machine guns leveled, to try to solve the constitutional crisis. For a fortnight this has caused East and West...
1971.03.20, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Guardian)
Dacca peace hopes rise From Martin Adeney: Dacca, March 19 Hopes rose today that settlement may be found to the Pakistani constitutional crisis. Talks between President Yahya Khan and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, leader of the majority party in the National Assembly,...
1971.03.22, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Time), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Troops train guns on angry Bengalis as Mr Bhutto arrives for Dacca talks From Peter Hazelburst Karachi, March 21 Mr. Z. A. Bhutto, the leader of West Pakistan, met President Yahya Khan in the East Pakistan capital of Dacca tonight for crucial talks on the...
1971.12.16, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
Jawans take position within 2 km of Dacca By Our Special Correspondent, The unilateral offer of a Cease-fire, made by India through the US Embassy, was perhaps the only thing Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi, Commander of Pakistani occupation forces in Bangladesh could do...
1971.12.29, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
Kurmitola cantonment now sanctuary for POWs From A Staff Reporter, DACCA, DEC. 28- The Kurmitola cantonment is now a camp for the prisoners of war but, there are no barbed wire fencings no bricked walls no torture chambers. The Pakistani troops in uniform continue to...
1971.12.15, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
Steady advance towards Dacca continues By Amitava Das Gupta, Indian troops marching on Dacca maintained a steady advance from all directions on Tuesday and continued to pound heavily the military targets inside the city and outside. The Indian troops, as last reports...
1971.07.24, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Bomb Blast in Dacca DACCA, JULY 23- A bomb exploded late yesterday near the main Dacca railroad station at Kamlapur, reports AP. The station is more than 3.2 Km from the hotel where Tunku Abdul Rahman, Islamic Secretariat Secretary General is staying on a mission to...
1971.07.11, District (Dhaka), Guerrilla Training, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
Guerilla Squads Active In Dacca & Suburbs AGARTALA, JULY 11- The Mukti Fouj which has effectively extended guerilla activities to the capital city of Dacca itself and neighboring areas during the past three days is keeping the Pakistani Army in constant harassment...
