Jessore Cantonment
Jashore Cantonment is a cantonment located in the southern part of Bangladesh in Jashore District outside Jashore town.[1][2]
History
Ferdousi Priyabhashini was raped in Jashore Cantonment during Bangladesh Liberation War. It had a prisoner camp were Pakistani army carried out rape, torture, and execution.[3][4] On 6 December 1971, Jashore Cantonment was captured during Bangladesh Liberation war by the Pine Division of the Indian Army.[5]
On 9 March 2009, General Officer Commanding of 55 Infantry Division and Jashore Cantonment Commander Major General Rafiqul Islam was killed in a helicopter crash along with the pilot.[6] On 4 September 2015, a soldier was found dead inside the barracks of the cantonment.[7][8]
During the 2013- 2014 Bangladesh unrest, allegations arose that Indian military personnel were deployed at Jashore Cantonment.[9] The Bangladesh ministry of Foreign Affairs vehemently denied the allegations.[9]
Installations
- Brishreshtho Matiur Rahman Air Force Base[10]
- 55th Infantry Division[11]
- 8 Engineering Battalion[12]
- 1 Signal Battalion
- 55th Artillery Brigade
- 105th Infantry Brigade
- 88th Infantry Brigade
- 21st Infantry Brigade
- Station Headquarters, Jashore Cantonment
- Area Headquarters, Jashore Area
- Ordnance Depot, Jashore Cantonment
- Garrison Engineer (Army), Jashore
- Signals Training Centre And School (STCS)
Education
References
- ↑ Rahamāna, Hāsāna Hāphijura. Bāṃlādeśera svādhīnatā yuddha: dalilapatra. Gaṇaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa Sarakāra, Tathya Mantraṇālaya. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ Palit, Maj Gen DK. The Lightning Campaign: The Indo-Pakistan War, 1971. Lancer Publishers. p. 109. ISBN 9781897829370. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "A living proof of Pak army's atrocities". The Daily Star. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ Chaudhuri, Kalyan. Genocide in Bangladesh. Orient Longman. p. 177. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Army remembers martyrs on Jashore Day". The Times of India. 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.
- ↑ "Soldier slaughtered inside Jessore Cantonment". archive.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Foreign office denies documents leak". News Today. 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Tungipara van-puller gets job". The Financial Express Online Version. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Major changes in top positions of Bangladesh Army". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Army man hacked to death in Jessore cantonment". archive.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Three militant siblings surrender". The Daily Star. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
Coordinates: 23°49′42″N 90°23′20″E / 23.828240°N 90.388962°E