An online archive of chronology of events, documentations, audio, video, images, media reports and eyewitness accounts of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh in the hands of Pakistan army.

September 1971

September 1: Directives to the nation by Bangla Desh government September 2: The slaughter of 200,000 Bengalis – El Commercio – Equador Memorandum of conversation between The Secretary Christopher Van Hollen, Deputy Assistant Secretary, NEA Peter D. Constable, Senior Political Officer, Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs Maj. Gen. Inam-ul Haq, Director General, Defense Procurement; Pakistan Ministry of Defense [...]

July 1971

July 1: Letter From President Nixon to Indian Prime Minister Gandhi: “With regard to the need for actions which will make possible a reversal of the refugee flow, we have continued to emphasize that a return to peace and security in East Pakistan and a viable political settlement are crucial to restoration of a more [...]

April 1971

April 1: New York Times reports heavy killing in Dhaka. Muslim League President Mumtaz Daultana: Mujib’s demands were much as President Yahya had spelled out in his address to the nation, except that Yahya had not detailed Mujib’s views on an interim central government. Mujib had wanted Yahya to remain as President with no political [...]