Jessore Cantonment

Jessore Cantonment
Jessore, Khulna, Bangladesh
Type	Cantonment
Site information
Controlled by	Bangladesh Army
Garrison information
Current commander	Major General J. M. Emdadul Islam

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]

History

Ferdousi 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][8]

During the 2013- 2014 Bangladesh unrest, allegations arose that Indian military personnel were deployed at Jessore Cantonment.[9] The Bangladesh ministry of Foreign Affairs vehemently denied the allegations.[9]

Installations of Bangladesh Army

• HQ 55th Infantry Division[10]
  • 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[11]
  • 1st Signal Battalion
  • 21st Infantry Brigade
    • 14th East Bengal Regiment
    • 19th East Bengal Regiment
    • 34th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
  • 88th Infantry Brigade
    • 2nd East Bengal Regiment
    • 20th East Bengal Regiment
    • 17th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
  • 105th Infantry Brigade
    • 43rd East Bengal Regiment
    • 14th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
    • 71st Field Ambulance
  • 31st Supply Transport Battalion
  • Division Ordnance Company, Jashore
  • 119th EME Workshop
  • 145th Field EME Workshop
  • 117th Field EME Workshop
  • 41st Field Ambulance
  • 55th Military Police Unit
  • 55th Field Intelligence Unit
• Signals Training Centre And School (STCS)

Installations of Bangladesh Air Force

• BAF Base Matiur Rahman[12]

Education

• Jashore Cantonment College[13][14]
• Jashore Cantonment High School
• Army Medical College, Jashore (AMCJ)
• BAF Shaheen College, Jessore
• Dawood Public School
• Daud Public College, Jashore

References

1. Rahamāna, Hāsāna Hāphijura (1984). Bāṃlādeśera svādhīnatā yuddha: dalilapatra. Gaṇaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa Sarakāra, Tathya Mantraṇālaya.
2. Palit, Maj Gen DK (1998). The Lightning Campaign: The Indo-Pakistan War, 1971. Lancer Publishers. p. 109. ISBN 9781897829370.
3. "A living proof of Pak army's atrocities". The Daily Star. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
4. Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1972). Genocide in Bangladesh. Orient Longman. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-88386-045-8. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
5. "Army remembers martyrs on Jessore Day". The Times of India. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
6. "Jessore GOC killed in chopper crash". The Daily Star. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
7. "Soldier found killed in Jessore Cantonment barracks". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
8. "Soldier slaughtered inside Jessore Cantonment". archive.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
9. "Foreign office denies documents leak". News Today. 16 January 2014.
10. "Major changes in top positions of Bangladesh Army". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
11. "Army man hacked to death in Jessore cantonment". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
12. "Tungipara van-puller gets job". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
13. "Three militant siblings surrender". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
14. "Cantonment College Jessore". jcc.edu.bd.

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