Books in English
Non Fiction
Bangladesh:
* S M Shafiullah – Bangladesh At War
* Sadiq Salik – Witness to Surrender
* Ahmad Sharif – Genocide 71

* Maj. Rafiqul Islam – A Tale of Millions : Bangladesh Liberation War – 1971

* Muntassir Mamoon –
The vanquished generals and the liberation war of Bangladesh
* A. M. A. Muhith – Bangladesh : Emergence of a Nation
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American Response to Bangladesh Liberation War

* Ishrat Firdousi – The year that was (
review)
* A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed – Bengali Nationalism & The Emergence of Bangladesh : An Introductory Outline
* Faruq Aziz Khan – Spring 1971 : A Centre Stage Account of Bangladesh War of Liberation
* Kabir Uddin Ahmad – Breakup of Pakistan : Background & Prospects of Bangladesh

* Quaderi Fazlul Quader – Bangladesh Genocide and World Press
* G. W. Choudhury – The Last Days of a United Pakistan

* Sukumar Bishwas – Mujibnogor Documents 1971
(Review by
Syed Badrul Ahsan – Documenting a government in exile)

* Dr. Mohammad Hannan – Political History Of Bangladesh
* Prof. Talukdar Monirujjaman – Radical Politics And Emergence Of Bangladesh

* Salam Azad –
Contribution of India in The War of Liberation of Bangladesh
* Shahriar Kabir –
“Tormenting Seventy One – An account of Pakistani army atrocities”

* Badruddin Umar – The Emergence of Bangladesh: Class Struggles in East Pakistan (1947-1958)
* M. Rafiqul Islam -Genocide in Bangladesh : Harrowing Accounts of Some Eye Witnesses
* Dhaka City Museum -Dhaka 1971 : An Album of Liberation War
* Rounaq Jahan – Pakistan: Failure of National Integration
* Jaglul Alam – Emergence of Bangladesh and Big Power Role on 1971
* Benedict Costa – Dismemberment of Pakistan
* Sukharanjan Dasgupta – Midnight Massacre in Dacca
* A. M. Khandaker – Fall of Niazi and Birth of Bangladesh
* Abul Hasanat – Bangladesh , Sufferings, Survival : Let Humanity Not Forget The Ugliest Genocide in History
* Kalyan Choudhury – Genocide in Bangladesh
* Matiur Rahman – The Role of India and the Big Powers in East Pakistan Crisis of 1971
* Sheikh M. Rahman, ed. Ramendu Majumdar – Bangladesh, My Bangladesh : Selected Speeches and Statements (28/10/70 -26/03/70)
Pakistan:
* Brig. Siddiq Salik – Witness to Surrender
* Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi – The Betrayal of East Pakistan Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195777271 ( A r
eview by Ahmad Faruqui)
(
A review)
* Lt. Gen. Gul Hassan Khan – Memoirs of Lt. Gen. Gul Hassan Khan (The Last C-in-C of the Pakistan Army)
* Maj. Gen. Shaukat Riza – The Pakistan Army 1966-1971
* K. M. Arif – Khaki Shadows: Pakistan 1947-1997 (Oxford University Press, Karachi)
* Kalim Siddiqui – Conflict, Crisis and War in Pakistan
* Hasan Zaheer – The Separation of East Pakistan : The Rise and Realisation of Bengali Muslim Nationalism
* Qutubuddin Aziz – Blood and Tears : Accounts of the Atrocities Committed in E. Pakistan AL militants
* Mahmood Safdar – Pakistan Divided : Study of the Factors and Forces Leading to the Break Up of Pakistan in 1971
* S. Humayun – Sheikh Mujib’s 6-point formula : an analytical study of the breakup of Pakistan (Royal Book Co.)
* Philip E. Jones – The Pakistan Peoples Party: Rise to Power, (Oxford University Press, Karachi)
* Lt. Gen. Kamal Matinuddin – Tragedy of Errors : East Pakistan Crisis, 1968 – 1971
* Maj. Gen. Rao Farman Ali – How Pakistan Got Divided
* Brig. Saadullah Khan – East Pakistan to Bangladesh
* Sarfaraz Hussain Mirza (editor)- Not the Whole Truth : East Pakistan Crisis (March – December 1971)
* White Paper on the Crisis in East Pakistan, Pakistan Ministry of Information and National Affairs
* Internal Strife and External Intervention : India’s Role in the Civil War in E. Pakistan, Hasan-Askari Rizvi
* East Pakistan : Roots of the Genocide, Pakistan Forum Publication
* Z. A. Bhutto – The Great Tragedy
* Muhammad Abbas Ali – The Salvation of East Pakistan
* Muhammad Zafarullah Khan – The Agony of Pakistan
* Lt. Gen. Kamal Matinuddin – Tragedy of Errors : East Pakistan Crisis, 1968 – 1971

* Major General Hakeem Arshad Qureshi – the 1971 Indo-Pak war -A soldiers narrative
* Maj. Gen. Tajammul Hussein Malik – The Story of My Struggle
* Maj. Gen. Fazal Khan Muqeem – Pakistan’s Crisis in Leadership
* Brig. H. S. Sodhi – Operation Windfall : Emergence of Bangladesh
* Brig. Saadullah Khan – East Pakistan to Bangladesh
* Javed Kamran Bashir – Big Power Role in the Indo – Pak Conflict of 1971
* D. G. A. Khan – Disintegration of Pakistan
* Safdar Mahmood – Pakistan Divided
* ed. Sarfaraz Hussain Mizra – Not the Whole Truth : East Pakistan Crisis (March -December 1971)
* Pakistan Ministry of Information and National Affairs – White Paper on the Crisis in East Pakistan
* Hasam Askari Rizvi – Internal Strife and External Intervention : India’s Role in the Civil War in E. Pakistan
* Mahmood Safdar – The Deliberate Debacle – Pakistan Divided : Study of the Factors and Forces Leading to the Break Up of Pakistan in 1971
* Pakistan Forum Publication – East Pakistan : Roots of the Genocide
India:
* S. K. Bhattacharyya, Genocide in East Pakistan/Bangladesh: A Horror Story (A. Ghosh Publishers, 1988)
* Air Chief Marshal PC Lal – My Years with the IAF
* Lt. Gen. J. F. R. Jacob – Surrender at Dacca – Birth of a Nation
* Maj. Gen. Lachhman Singh – Victory in Bangladesh
* Maj. Gen. D. K. Palit – The Lightning Campaign : Indo/Pakistan War – 1971 Compton Press Ltd (1972), ISBN 0-900193-10-7
* Maj. Gen. Sukhwant Singh – India’s Wars Since Independence Vol.1 : The Liberation of Bangladesh
- India’s Wars Since Independence Vol.2 : Defence of the Western Border
- India’s Wars Since Independence Vol.3 : General Trends
* Maj. Gen. Ashok Kalyan Verma – Rivers of Silence – the Dash to Dhaka Across River Meghna during 1971
* Maj. Gen. Jagjit Singh – Indian Gunners at War : The Western Front – 1971
* Anthony Mascarenhas – The Rape of Bangladesh
* A. Mascarenhas – Bangladesh : a legacy of blood (Hodder and Stoughton)
* Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi – Bangladesh Documents
* ed. M. S. Deora – India & the Freedom Struggle of Bangladesh
* K. K. Sinha – Bangladesh : Revolution for Liberation
* Mohammed Ayoob and Subrahmanyam – The Liberation War (Bangladesh)
* Benedict Costa – Dismemberment of Pakistan
* P. Chandra – Bloodbath in Bangla Desh (Adarsh Publications)
* S. Chatterjee (1972) – Bangladesh: the birth of a nation (The Book Exchange)
* K. Chaudhuri- Genocide in Bangladesh (Orient Longman)
* J. N. Dixit – Liberation and beyond : Indo-Bangladesh relations. (Konark Publishers)
* C. J. Gulati – Bangladesh, liberation to fundamentalism : a study of volatile Indo-Bangladesh relations (Commonwealth Publishers)
* M. Jag- The black book of genocide in Bangla Desh; a documentary book (Geeta Book Centre)
* J R Saigal Pakistan Splits: The Birth of Bangladesh – Manas Publications (2004), ISBN 81-7049-124-X

* The Western Front: The Indo-Pakistan War 1971 – Lt Gen KP Candeth

*
Kaoboys of R&AW – B. Raman (Lancer Publishers)

* N. K. Singh – Discontent and Background of Liberation War
* Lt. Gen. K. P. Candeth – The Western Front : The Indo-Pakistan War, 1971
* Vice Admiral N. Krishnan – No Way But Surrender : An Account of the Indo-Pak War in the Bay of Bengal,1971
* Maj. Gen. Lachhman Singh – Indian Sword Strikes in East Pakistan
* Brig. Jagdev Singh – Dismemberment of Pakistan : 1971 Indo/Pak War
* R. K. Dasgupta – Revolt in East Bengal
* J. S. B. Arora – War with Pakistan
* Shiv Kumar Garg – Spotlight : Feedom Fighters of Bangladesh : A New Outlook Based on Author’s Research
* D. R. Mankekar – Pakistan Cut to Size : The Authentic Story of the 14 day Indo – Pak War
* S. S. Sethi – The Decisive War : Emergence of a New Nation
* ed. I. N. Tewary – War of Independence in Bangladesh : A Documentary Study
* Indian Council of World Affairs- How Pakistan Violated Human Rights in Bangladesh
* Brijesh Narain Mehrish – War Crimes and Genocide : The Trial of Pakistani War Criminals
USA

* R. J. Rummel -
Death by Government (Transaction Publishers, 1997)
One of the most detailed treatments of the genocide in Bangladesh.

* Richard Sisson and Leo E. Rose – War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh (University of California Press, 1991)
One of the best recent pieces of scholarship on the war and genocide in East Pakistan/Bangladesh.

* Archer K Blood –
The Cruel Birth of Bangladesh: Memoirs of an American Diplomat (ISBN: 9840516507)
* ed. Peter Bertocci – Prelude to Crisis – Bengal & Bengal Studies (1970)
* Lawrence Lifschultz – Bangladesh : The Unfinished Revolution

*Samuel Totten et al., eds., Century of Genocide: Eyewitness Accounts and Critical Views (Garland Reference Library, 1997)
A first-rate collection of readings on genocide, including the slaughter in Bangladesh.

* Susan Brownmiller, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape (Fawcett Books, 1993)
* J Hanhimaki The Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy Oxford University Press (2004)
* Herbert Feith – Asia’s Flashpoint, 1971 : Bangladesh
* Noel G. O’Connor – The Soldier is Afraid : An Account of Operation Sikander, Bangladesh War, 1971
* Dan Haendel – The Process of Priority Formulation : US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pak War of 1971
* Robert Jackson – South Asian Crisis (India-Pakistan-Bangladesh)
* Herbert Feldman – The End and the Beginning (Pakistan 1969 – 1971)
UK:
“The complicated interplay between Yahya, Mujib and Bhutto had a decisive role in the break-up of Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh. But Bengali nationalism was alive and well before any of them were even born.”
excerpts.
* David Loshak – Pakistan Crisis
* L. F. Rushbrook Williams – The East Pakistan Tragedy
* Dom Moraes – The Tempest Within : An Account of East Pakistan
English Thesis:
* The Bangladesh liberation war and its causes. Iain Cochrane. (Professor Francis Robinson.) London Ph.D. (R.H.U.L. Hist.)
* The role of diplomats in the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Fazrin Huda. (Dr. Spencer W. Mawby.) Nottingham Ph.D. (Hist.)
* ‘Boundaries of Blood’: Genealogies of ‘War Babies’ and. National Imaginings in Bangladesh – Nayanika Mookherjee, University of Sussex
English Literature
Books in Bangla
Bangla Literature
Selina Hosain
* Ekatturer Dhaka
* Japitu Jibon
Humayun Ahmed

* Joshna O Jononir Golpo

* 1971
* Anil Bagchir Ekdin

* Aguner Parashmoni
* Shyamal Chhaya
*
Jalil Shaheber PetitionShahriyar Kabir
* Ekatturer Pather Dhare
* Ekatturer Jishu
Imdadul Haq Milon
* Kalo Ghora
* Gherao
Rabeya Khatun
* Ferari Surjo
* Ekatturer Nishan
Momtaj Uddin Ahmad
* Saat Ghater Kanakori
* Bokul Purer Shadhinota
Other literatures

* Anisul Hoque –
Ma
* Muhammed Zafar Iqbal – Akash Bariye Dao

* Neelima Ibrahim – Ami irangana Balchi
* Syed Shamsul Haque – Nishiddho Loban
* Begum Nurjahan – Ekatturer Kothamala
* Abdullah Al Mamun – Tomrai
* Ashraf Siddiqi – Banglar Mukh
* Musa Sadiq – Muktijuddho Hridoye Momo
* Sayed Ali Ahsan – Jokhon Somoy Elo
* Rabindra Gop – Juddho Joyer Golpo
* Shirin Majid – Abar Asibo Feere
* Ali Imam – Lorai
* Biprodash Barua – Juddho Joyer Golpo
* Monju Sarkar – Juddhe Jabar Somoy

* Ali Mahmed – Freedom
* Daud Hayder – Rajputra
* Mamunur Rashid – Joy Joyonti
* Shaheen Akhter – Talaash (The Search, 2004). Talaash won the Prothom Aalo Best Book of the Year Award for 2004 –
click here for a review.
Short Story Collections
* Bangladesh Kotha Koy
* Prekhhapot 71
* Protibimbe Protiddondi
* Muktijuddher Golpo
Non Fiction
Abdul Gaffar Chaudhury
* Etihasher Rokto Polash
* Amra Bangladeshi Na Bangali
* Bangladesh Kotha Koy
Panna Kaysar
* Muktijuddher Aage O Pore
* Hridoye Bangladesh
Shaokat Osman
* Kalratro Khondochitro
* Joy Banglar Joy
* Jolangi

* Jahannam Hote Biday
* Jonmo Jodi Tobo Bonge
* Dui Soinik
* Nekre Oronno
* Shiekher Sombora
M. R. Akhtar Mukul

* chorompotro
* Ekatturer Bornomala
* Ora Charjon
* Joybangla
* Bijoy
* Ekattur

* Ami Bijoy Dekhechi
Abul Hasanat
* Muktijuddher Ruprekha
* Muktijuddher Pachali
Other writers

* Hasan Hafizur Rahman: Liberation war documents [Part 1-15]

* Rashid Haider: Smriti ’71 series (Part 1-11) – Bangla Academy

* Ekatturer Ghatok O Dalalera Ke Kothai – Muktijuddho Chetona Bikash Kendro
* Muntasir Mamun- Yahia Khan
- Sei Shob Pakistani

* Rafikul Islam Beer Uttam – Lokhko Praner Binimoye
* Gaziul Haq – Ebarer Songram Shadhinotar Songram
* Ahmad Mazhar – Bangalir Muktijuddher Itihash
* Ahmed Maola – Muktijuddher Sahitto
* Anisur Rahman – Opohrito Bangladesh
* Rashid Haydar – Osohojog Andolon- ’71, Purbapor
* Sirajul Islam Chaudhury – Bangali Kake Bole
* Ramendra Majumdar – Bangladesh Amar Bangladesh
* Sufia Kamal – Ekatturer Diary
* Asaduzzaman – Shadhinota Sangramer Potobhumi
* Basanti Guha Thakurata – Ekattorer Smriti

* Dr. M. A. Hasan –
Pakistaner Juddhoporadhi 191 Jon

* Ahmed Rafiq – Ekatturer Pak Borborotar Songbad Bhasso

* Shahid Buddhijibi Selina Pervin Smarok Grontho

* Saeed Hasan Dara – 71 Upakhkhan
* Dr. Mostafa Noorul Islam – Kemon Kore Bangladesh

* Asif Rashid – Bangladesher Muktijuddhe Markin Bhumikar Gopon Dalil

* Md. Abdul Ajij – Bangladesher Muktijuddho O Shorbadhinayok Osmani
* Belal Mohammad – Joy Bangla Radio

* Lutfur Rahman Riton – Bangladesher Shadhinota Shongramer Itihash

* Hamidul Hossain Tarek, Beer Bikrom – Bishakto Borsha Ojosro Fola

* Md. Mominur Rahman – Dhorshon Hotta
* Borhanuddin Khan Jahangir – Juddhaparadhider Bichar O Onnano Proshongo
* Aman-Ud-Daula -Golam Azomer Nagorikotto Mamla

* Dr. Mohammad Hannan – Dhakay Muktijuddho

* Tushar Abdullah – Ekatorer Ognikonna
* Zahirul Islam – Ekattorer Guerilla

* Dr. Sukumar Biswas – Ekattorer Boddhobhumi O Gonokobor
* Dr. Swarochish Sarkar – Ekattorer Bagherhat

* Bashir Al Helal- Ekattorer Gonohotta/ Hamdur Rahmaner Report
* Nazrul Islam – Ekattorer Ronangon: Okothito Kcu Kotha
* Harun Ar Rashid – Swadhinotar Prekkapot Ebong Kichu Tottho
* Anik Mahmud – Sahitte Sammobad Theke Muktijuddho

* Robert Pein, Siddikur Rahman – Sei Duhsomoy

* Ahmad Mazhar – Shoto Muktijuddhar Kotha

* Belal Mohammod – Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro

* Begum Mushtari Shafi – Swadhinota Amar Roktojhora Din
* Abu Muhammad Delwar Hossain – Muktijudder Ancholik Itihas (Part 1-3)
* Major Kamrul Islam Bhuiyan – Jonojuddher Gonojoddha

* Anthony Maskarenhans – Bangladesh Rokter Reen
* Afsan Chowdhury – Bangladesh 1971
* Sohrab Hasan – Bangladeshe Muktijuddhe Bideshider Bhumika

* Tapan Kumar Dey – Bangladesher Muktijuddhe Indira Gandhi’r Bhumika

* Major Rafiqul Islam, P.S.C – Bangladesher Guerrilla Juddho

* Major Rafiqul Islam, P.S.C – Bidrohi March 71

* Major Rafiqul Islam, P.S.C – Dokhin Ronangon 71
* Major Rafiqul Islam, P.S.C – Muktijudder Chetonar Shoroop

* Shahriar Kabir – Ekattorer Gonohotta, Nirjaton O Juddhoporadhider Bichar
* Rehman Sobhan – Bangladesher Obbhudkoy: Ekjon Prottokkhodorshir Bhassho
* Mahboob Kamal – Bideshi Shangbadiker Drishtite Bangladesher Muktijuddho

* Golam Morteja – Buhli Nai Bhuli Nai
* Shafayat Jamil – Ekattorer Muktijuddho, Roktakto Moddhe-August O Shorojontromoy
* Bedwin Samad – Ekattorer Muktishongram

* Tajul Mohammad – Ekattorer Smritiguccho

* Rabindranath Tribedi – Ekattrer Dosh Mash

* Asajujjman Asad: Ekatturer Gonohotta O Nari Nirjaton

* Hasina Ahmed – Gonomaddhome Bangladesher Muktijuddho (Part 1-6)

* Jakir Hosen Raju – Gonomaddhomer Muktijuddho
* Mahbub Alam – Guerrilla Theke Sommukh Juddhe (Part 1 & 2)

* Hashem Khan – Gulibiddho Ekattor

* Montu Khan – Hayenar Khacay Odommo Jibon

* Muntasir Mamun – Jeshob Hotyar Bichar Hoyni
* Golam Murshid – Jokhon Polatok Muktijuddher Dinguli

* Borhanuddin Khan Jahangir – Journal 71
* Abul Hashem Choudhury – Juddhe Juddhe Ekattorer Noy Mash

* Moyeedul Hasan – Muldhara ’71 (
Read the Book online)

*Abu Sayeed – Bangladesher Guerilla Juddho
* Muntasir Mamun – Rajakarer Mon (Part 1 & 2)
* Krittibash Ojha – Ami Mujib Bolchi
* Jhorna Das Purokayostho – Bondi Din Bondi Ratri
* Sayad Najimuddin Hashem – Bondishala Pakistan
* Monayem Sarkar – Bangladesh O Bongobondhu
* Jubayda Gulshan Ara – Batashe Barud Rokte Ullash
* Abu Hanif – Muktijoddha Hatem Ali
* Abul Kalam Azad – Sangramee Bangla
* Manjur Ahmad – Ekattur Kotha Bole
* Bishwajonin Bangali: Dr Kamal Hossain – ed. Jamaluddin and Sharifa Bulbul Lucky (Bolaka publishers) – Interview of Dr Hossain chronicling his days with Bangabandhu in Pakistani prison and events afterwards

Journals:
*
1971.pdf a booklet produced in 1972 detailing the history of the 1971 war – 2.4 MB
E-Books
A 205 page E-Book (PDF 6.4 MB) in Bangla and English language
1971.pdf a booklet produced in 1972 detailing the history of the 1971 war – - 2.4 MB (via
Thalsena)
PDF format, 3.8MB, 929Pages.
Editor Louis J. Smith
General Editor Edward C. Keefer
Articles:
Newly declassified US records show a more full and gruesome picture of what took place behind the scenes of the 1971 Southasian Crisis in Islamabad, New Delhi and Washington, DC. They also show a softer side of the involved leadership. But who takes responsibility for the violence that was perpetrated during that period?