Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Bangladesh Liberation War: Documents
Primary
A core document collection for the Liberation War, useful for timelines, claim citations, and evidence-backed writing.
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Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦1971 Resources
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Operation Searchlight Crackdown
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Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive
Primary Sources
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Official Documents and Legal Texts
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Stop Genocide
Secondary
A primary wartime documentary on killings, refugees, and the Mujibnagar government during the Liberation War.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
The Blood Telegram
Secondary
Detailed political history of U.S. policy, diplomatic cables, and the genocide context of 1971.
Reference
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Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Operation Searchlight - Banglapedia
Secondary
Banglapedia entry documenting the March 1971 military operation.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
What was Operation Searchlight?
Secondary
Britannica explainer on Operation Searchlight and its role in 1971.
Editorial / News
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Historical Report
News and Contemporary Reports · Historical Report
Operation Searchlight - Reference Context
Secondary
Reference context for Operation Searchlight after a stale newspaper archive URL returned 404.