1971.06.13, Newspaper (Sunday Times), Yahya Khan
The Politics Explained: Why Yahya Sent in The Troops Pakistan, the predominantly Muslim nation which resulted from the partition of the British Raj in 1947, consists of two separate territories, divided by a thousand miles of India. West Pakistan (main city Karachi)...
1971.03.17, Country (England), Newspaper (Guardian)
Hawks – Win The Day In London By Our Foreign Staff There is some evidence that President Yahya Khan went to Dacca to keep Sheikh Mujibur Rahman talking while reinforcements made their way to East Pakistan and while Bengalis holding key positions in West Pakistan...
1971.03.17, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Telegraph)
‘Package Deal’ to Preserve Unity of Pakistan Kenneth Clarke Karachi. President Yahya Khan’s visit to Dacca, in Pakistan’s east wing, is seen in Karachi as the last chance of preserving the unity of the nation. After a weekend of comings and goings at...
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...
1971.03.23, Newspaper (Guardian)
The Bangla Boys Martin Adeney There are about fifty villages built on mounds above their paddy fields. Their thatched walls are shaded by mango trees and banana plantations in the Union of Arninpur, 20 miles and a ferry ride across the Ganges from Dacca. The Awami...
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...
1971.03.06, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Observer), Yahya Khan
Pakistan: Yahya Will Use Army To Prevent Break-Up Cyril Dunn Decision taken today in the decayed city of Dacca, capital of East Pakistan and the turbulent center of Bengali nationalism, could lead to civil war. In that event, the Muslim State of Pakistan might well be...
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....
