1971.03.27, Newspaper (Times), Political Steps of Bangabandhu
Heavy Fighting As Sheikh Mujibur Declares E. Pakistan Independent Civil war raged in the eastern region of Pakistan last night after the provincial leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had proclaimed the region an independent republic. President Yahya Khan outlawed the...
1971.03.25, Newspaper (Times)
Bengalis Prepare To Get Independence By Any Means Paul Martin Our Special Correspondent recently in Dacca. In the grounds of Dacca University radical groups have started training students in the use of firearms. In many of the villages in East Pakistan brigades of...
1971.03.06, Newspaper (Times), Political Steps of Bangabandhu
The Crisis of Bengal Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of the East Pakistan Awami League, has promised to make an important announcement tomorrow and he cannot leave his position on autonomy ambiguous for much longer. The demand in his own party and to the left of it...
1971.03.09, Newspaper (Times), Political Steps of Bangabandhu, Yahya Khan
Shaikh’s tough terms for President Yahiya The two provinces of East and West Pakistan drifted further down the path towards separation over the weekend after leaders of both wings outlined almost impossible preconditions for constitutional negotiations....
1971.03.10, Bangabandhu, Newspaper (Times), মাওলানা ভাসানী
Left Pledges support for Sheikh Mujibur From Paul Martin Dacca, March 9 Maulana Abdul Bhasani, leader of East Pakistan radical leftists. today promised to support Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in his struggle against the military leadership of Pakistan. However, Maulana...
1971.04.10, Newspaper (Times)
THE TIMES, LONDON, APRIL 10, 1971 THE LIMITS OF TOWER Peter Hazelhurst Jessore City, 9 April-This is a war that no one can win. On my left is an Army division, holed up in their barracks and surrounded by 2,000 nondescript freedom fighters and about 500 members of the...
1971.05.15, Newspaper (Times)
THE TIMES, LONDON, MAY 15, 1971 UNBELIEVABLE MISERY Peter Hazelhurst Bongaon, May 14-An overworked medical officer pointed hopelessly towards the never ending stream of refugees from East Bengal who so far have almost doubled the population of the Indian town of...
1971.06.01, Newspaper (Times)
THE TIMES, LONDON, JUNE 1, 1971 Editorial BENGAL’S SUFFERING MILLIONS For six weeks now (he flow of refugees from East Pakistan into India has gone on relentlessly, into Tripura in the east, into Assam in the north and heaviest of all into west Bengal. Despite...
1971.12.13, District (Dhaka), Guerrilla Training, Newspaper (Times)
THE TIMES, DECEMBER 13, 1971 GUERRILLAS SAID TO BE FIGHTING INSIDE DACCA From Henry Stanhope Defense Correspondent Calcutta, Dec 12.-About 435 foreign nationals, 185 of them British, flew safely to Calcutta today from Dacca while Indian troops, who crossed the Meghna...
1971.12.07, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Times)
THE TIMES, TUESDA Y, DECEMBER 7, 1971 DACCA EATS BY CANDLELIGHT AFTER DAY OF STRAFING A Dog howls, children watch A spectacular air show from rooftops.. Life goes on in an embattled capital From James P. Sterba Dacca, December A (delayed) The city is in darkness at...
