Jashore Cantonment is a cantonment located in the southern part of Bangladesh in Jashore District outside Jashore town and the Headquarters of 55th Infantry Division.[1][2]
Jashore Cantonment | |
|---|---|
| Jessore, Khulna, Bangladesh | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Cantonment |
| Controlled by | Bangladesh Army |
| Location | |
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| Garrison information | |
Current commander | Major General J. M. Emdadul Islam |
History
editFerdousi Priyabhashini was raped in Jessore Cantonment during Bangladesh Liberation War. It had a prisoner camp were Pakistani army carried out rape, torture, and execution.[3][4] Jessore Cantonment was captured during Bangladesh Liberation war on 6 December 1971 by the Pine Division of the Indian Army.[5] On 9 March 2009 General Officer Commanding of 55 Infantry Division and Jessore Cantonment Commander Major General Rafiqul Islam was killed in a helicopter crash along with the pilot.[6] In 4 September 2015 a soldier was found dead inside the barracks of the cantonment.[7]
During the 2013- 2014 Bangladesh unrest, allegations arose that Indian military personnel were deployed at Jessore Cantonment.[8] The Bangladesh ministry of Foreign Affairs vehemently denied the allegations.[8]
Installations of Bangladesh Army
edit- HQ 55th Infantry Division[9]
- Area Headquarters, Jashore
- Station Headquarters, Jashore
- Combined Military Hospital
- Garrison Engineer (Army)
- Military Engineering Service (MES)
- 9th Bengal Lancers Regiment
- 55th Artillery Brigade
- 3rd Engineers Regiment[10]
- 1st Signal Battalion
- 21st Infantry Brigade
- 88th Infantry Brigade
- 105th Infantry Brigade
- 31st Supply Transport Battalion
- Division Ordnance Company, Jashore
- Signals Training Centre And School (STCS)
Additionally, there are two field ambulance units, one EME workshop, two field EME workshop, one Military Police Unit and a Field Intelligence Unit.
Installations of Bangladesh Air Force
editEducation
edit- Jashore Cantonment College[12][13]
- Jashore Cantonment High School
- Army Medical College, Jashore (AMCJ)
- BAF Shaheen College, Jessore
- Dawood Public School
- Daud Public College, Jashore
References
edit- ↑ Rahamāna, Hāsāna Hāphijura (1984). Bāṃlādeśera svādhīnatā yuddha: dalilapatra. Gaṇaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa Sarakāra, Tathya Mantraṇālaya.
- ↑ Palit, Maj Gen DK (1998). The Lightning Campaign: The Indo-Pakistan War, 1971. Lancer Publishers. p. 109. ISBN 9781897829370.
- ↑ "A living proof of Pak army's atrocities". The Daily Star. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1972). Genocide in Bangladesh. Orient Longman. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-88386-045-8. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Army remembers martyrs on Jessore Day". The Times of India. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Jessore GOC killed in chopper crash". The Daily Star. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Soldier found killed in Jessore Cantonment barracks". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Foreign office denies documents leak". News Today. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017.
- ↑ "Major changes in top positions of Bangladesh Army". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Army man hacked to death in Jessore cantonment". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Tungipara van-puller gets job". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Three militant siblings surrender". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Cantonment College Jessore". jcc.edu.bd.
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