Cumilla Cantonment

Coordinates: 23°28′3″N 91°7′3″E / 23.46750°N 91.11750°E / 23.46750; 91.11750
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Cumilla Cantonment
কুমিল্লা সেনানিবাস
Cumilla
TypeCantonment
Site information
Controlled by Bangladesh Army
Garrison information
Current
commander		Major General Mohammad Jahangir Alam

Cumilla Cantonment (

Cumilla, Cumilla city in Bangladesh. The personnel of Bangladesh Army
with local civilian inhabit here. It has an area of 924 acres.

History

During the Second World War, a jungle warfare school was set up at Comilla by the 14th Indian Infantry Division,[1] after the mid-1942 Allied retreat from Burma. The school emphasized techniques in six areas key to successful fighting in jungle terrain: outflanking, being outflanked, ambushing and other minor tactics, the myth of the impenetrable jungle, health, and fitness.[2] The school was transferred to Sevoke in 1943.[3]

In 1943-1944, military contractors constructing what was then called Mainamati Cantonment disturbed and damaged unsurveyed archaeological remains at the site.[4] Later the base was renamed Comilla Cantonment.[5]

During the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, an Indian news magazine described it as "one of the best natural fortifications" in East Bengal because "the greater part of this cantonment is tunnelled into the hill and is impervious to aerial bombing".[6]

Bangladesh Military Academy was initially established at Comilla Cantonment on 11 January 1974 and later relocated at Bhatiary in 1976.[7]

Installations

  • HQ 33rd Infantry Division
    • Area Headquarters, Cumilla
    • Station Headquarters, Cumilla
      • Combined Military Hospital
      • Static Signal Company, Cumilla
    • 6th Cavalry Regiment
    • 33rd Artillery Brigade
    • 44th Infantry Brigade
    • 101st Infantry Brigade
    • 17th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
    • 2nd Engineers Regiment
    • 5th Signals Coy Battalion
    • 88th Central Ordnance Depot
    • 67th EME Workshop
    • 33rd Military Police Unit
  • School of Military Intelligence

Education

Hospital

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0415-36196-5
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  2. ISBN 978-1-84176-790-1
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  3. ISBN 978-1-84176-790-1
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  4. ISBN 978-0-19-562879-1
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  5. ISBN 978-0-19-940698-2
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  6. ISSN 0459-469X
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  7. ^ "Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA)". Retrieved 2017-08-15.

23°28′3″N 91°7′3″E / 23.46750°N 91.11750°E / 23.46750; 91.11750


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