Cumilla Cantonment
| Cumilla Cantonment | |
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| Cumilla | |
| Type | Cantonment |
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| Controlled by | Bangladesh Army |
Cumilla Cantonment (Bengali: কুমিল্লা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located near Mainamati, Cumilla city in Bangladesh. The personnel of Bangladesh Army with local civilian inhabit here. The 33rd Infantry Division HQ is also located here. It has an area of 3000 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]
Bangladesh Military Academy was initially established at Comilla Cantonment on 11 January 1974 and later relocated at Bhatiary in 1976.[6]
Based units
- 33rd Infantry Division
- 44th Infantry Brigade
- 33rd Artillery Brigade
- 101 Infantry Brigade
- School of Military Intelligence
- Area Headquarters, Comilla Area
- Station Headquarters, Comilla
- 5 Signal Battalion
- Static Signal Company, Comilla Area
- 33 MP, Comilla Area
- Ordinance Depu
- 6 cavalry
- 2 Engineers Battalion
Education
- Army Medical College, Comilla
- Bangladesh Army International University of Science & Technology (BAIUST)
- Cumilla Cadet College
- Ispahani Public School & College, Comilla
- Cantonment College, Comilla
- Cantonment Board Girl's High School, Comilla
- Comilla Cantonment High School
- Mainamati English School & College (MESC)
Hospital
See also
References
- ^ Marston, Daniel (2006). "Lost and Found in the Jungle: The Indian and British Army Jungle Warfare Doctrines for Burma, 1943-5, and the Malayan Emergency, 1948-60". In Strachan, Hew (ed.). Big Wars and Small Wars: The British Army and the Lessons of War in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 88. ISBN 978-0415-36196-5.
- ^ Jeffreys, Alan (2005). The British Army in the Far East 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-84176-790-1.
- ^ Jeffreys, Alan (2005). The British Army in the Far East 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-84176-790-1.
- ^ Chakrabarti, Dilip K. (1992). Ancient Bangladesh, a Study of the Archaeologcial Sources. Oxford University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-19-562879-1.
- ^ Khan, Rao Farman Ali (2017) [First published 1992]. How Pakistan Got Divided (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-940698-2.
- ^ "Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA)". Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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Coordinates: 23°28′3″N 91°7′3″E / 23.46750°N 91.11750°E
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