1971.06.13, Newspaper (Observer), Refugee
Flight of The Millions Sunanda Datta Ray In the desolation created throughout East Pakistan by the troops of President Yahya Khan, one certainly stands out. Ten million Hindus, who had stayed hopefully on this MuslimState after Partition and then endured 23 years of...
1971.04.18, Newspaper (Observer), Torture and Mass Killing
Bengalis Will Never Forget or Forgive the Happenings Colin Smith the first British newspaperman to reach Dacca since the foreign Press was expelled, reports on his hazardous journey to East Pakistan’s capital: Calcutta, 17 April: Troops from West Pakistan loyal...
1971.07.04, Guerrilla Training, Newspaper (Observer)
Bengali Guerrillas Step Up Bombing Colin Smith Dacca, 3 July: As Secretary of Dacca’s Council Muslim League, Mr. Abdul Matin, a Bengali and a lawyer, is a firm believer in the unity of the two Pakistans. He is also a lucky man. At 1.55 one morning this week, he...
1971.11.28, Newspaper (Observer), Refugee
Bengal Refugees Won’t Budge Gavin Young Calcutta. 27 November. A simple hand-painted sign near Bangaon, two hours’ drive from Calcutta, reads: “To the Pak Border.’ It doesn’t seem to mean much now, for this particular bit of the frontier...
1971.08.08, Newspaper (Observer), Refugee
Relief Unit Presses On From our correspondent Calcutta, 7 August. Eleven members of a British relief team, Operation Omega, are now waiting in Calcutta to cross into East Pakistan next week with medicines, high protein food and powdered milk. Bernard Rivers, aged 24,...
1971.07.14, Newspaper (Observer), Refugee
India’s Clear stand on Refugees … World public attention has understandably been focused so far on the plight of the refugees and the emergency relief they need. The Indian authorities have done their best to care for the refugees, but have made it plain...
1971.06.13, Newspaper (Observer)
Flight of The Millions Sunanda Datta Ray In the desolation created throughout East Pakistan by the troops of President Yahya Khan, one certainly stands out. Ten million Hindus, who had stayed hopefully on this Muslim State after Partition and then endured 23 years of...
1971.07.04, Guerrilla Training, Newspaper (Observer)
Bengali Guerrillas Step Up Bombing Dacca, 3 July: As Secretary of Dacca’s Council Muslim League, Mr. Abdul Matin, a Bengali and a lawyer, is a firm believer in the unity of the two Pakistans. He is also a lucky man. At 1.55 one morning this week, he escaped...
1971.04.18, Newspaper (Observer)
Bengalis Will Never Forget or Forgive the Happenings Colin Smith the first British newspaperman to reach Dacca since the foreign Press was expelled, reports on his hazardous journey to East Pakistan’s capital : Calcutta, 17 April: Troops from West Pakistan loyal...
1971.07.04, Newspaper (Observer)
Editorial Bengal Chaos Could Lead to War The Enormous and Increasing scale of the refugee exodus from East Pakistan to India confronts the world not only with the greatest humanitarian relief task since World War Two but also with a political crisis of growing...
