1971.12.11, Independence, Newspaper (Guardian)
Birth of a nation The erstwhile internationality of Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan is now writ large enough for all the world to see. The message in East Bengal launched on March 25 shriveled the always tenuous load between the two parts of the country...
1971.12.11, Country (India), Newspaper (Guardian)
India uses Airdrop to Press its Advance From Harold Jackson : New Delhi, December 10 The Indian Army is continuing its advance on Dacca with as much speed as possible. An official spokesman said tonight that pockets of resistance by Pakistani troops were being...
1971.12.11, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Guardian)
Dacca ‘to fall next week’ Indian military sources said last night that they would take Dacca early next week. This followed a helicopter crossing by Indian troops of the strategie Meghna river after which the Indians claimed no major obstacle stood between...
1971.12.13, Indira, Newspaper (Guardian)
Pakistan’s rich allies’ blamed by Mrs Gandhi Delhi Dec 12– Mrs Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister, today accused “rich allies” of encouraging Pakistan to go to war, and declared that India was fighting in East Pakistan to uphold freedom in the world. She...
1971.12.13, Newspaper (Guardian), Tajuddin Ahmad
Man with 70 million Bengalis on his mind From Peter Hazelhurst Delhi. Dec 12 Mr Tajudddin Ahmed the Prime Minister of Bangla Desh will emerge as the leader of the second largest Muslim and the eight most population country in the world when East Bengal attains its...
1971.12.13, BD-Govt, Collaborators, Newspaper (Guardian)
BanglaDesh leaders setting up courts to try collaborators From Henry Stanhope Defense Correspondent Calcutta, Dec 12 The BanglaDesh Government entered East Bengal yesterday and established itself in Jessore only four days after the town’s liberation by the...
1971.09.04, BD-Govt, Newspaper (Guardian)
Bangla Desh now has NLF From Martin Woollacott Calcutta, September 3 The BanglaDesh Government, in a move aimed principally at influencing Russian policy, is to set up a united liberation front, incorporating several Left-wing and” progressive” Parties as well as the...
1971.09.08, Newspaper (Guardian)
Bengalis argue over passports Bengali members of the Pakistan High Commission in England have refused to obey a Pakistan Government instruction to hand over their diplomatic passports according to a member of the commission staff. The staff had been given until last...
1971.08.10, BD-Govt, Newspaper (Guardian)
BanglaDesh defection By Patrick Keatley, diplomatic correspondent The political counselor at the Pakistan High Commission in London, Mr Rhezaul Karim has resigned to join the BanglaDesh movement in London. He is the most senior member of the Pakistan Foreign Service...
1971.11.02, BD-Govt, Newspaper (Guardian)
Bengali diplomats stage a walk-out The East Pakistani employees left the Pakistan High Commission here with their families today to join the BanglaDesh movement. They claimed that they had been beaten up by West Pakistani members at the High Commision. Two of them...
