1971.04.05, Heroes & Wars, Newspaper (Times)
Rebel Fighters Lacking Leadership, Food And Medical Supplies Peter Hazelhurst Jessore city, April 4, This is a war that no one can imagine. On my left is an Army division, holed up in their barracks and surrounded by 2,000 non descript freedom fighters and about 500...
1971.04.14, Newspaper (Guardian)
Government Forces Take Two More Rebel Strongholds New Delhi. April 13, Two towns in the north-west of East Pakistan fell today to the Pakistani army as battles with secessionist forces were fought in many parts of the province, the Press Trust of India reported, The...
1971.11.15, BD-Govt, Newspaper (Telegraph)
BanglaDesh rulers win confidence of liberated areas By Clare Hollingwrth in a “liberated jone ” 80 miles inside East Pakistan The BanglaDesh district commissioner, late of the Royal Navy and Willesden Technical College in London, said “ “We are a desperate...
1971.11.15, Country (India), Newspaper (Telegraph), Yahya Khan
India Awaits pressure on Yahya By David Loshak in New Delhi The Indian Cabinet, meeting after the return of Mrs Gandhi, the Prime Minister, from her Western tour, decided yesterday on a “wait and see policy“ on the Indo-Pakistan crisis. Mrs Gandhi is understood...
1971.11.15, Country (India), Newspaper (Telegraph)
Indian Snub for BanglaDesh Team By David Loshak In Delhi A Two-Man delegation from the unofficial “Government of BanglaDesh”, left Delhi yesterday for Calcutta empty-handed after appealing for more support from India. The delegation comprised Mr Hossain Ali,...
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...
