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Cumilla Cantonment
কুমিল্লা সেনানিবাস
Cumilla, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Gate No. 1 of Cumilla Cantonment
Coordinates	23°28′3″N 91°7′3″E / 23.46750°N 91.11750°E / 23.46750; 91.11750
Type	Cantonment
Site information
Controlled by	Bangladesh Army

Cumilla Cantonment (Bengali: কুমিল্লা সেনানিবাস) is a military station located near Cumilla, Bangladesh.

History

During the Second World War, a jungle warfare school was set up at Comilla by the 14th Indian Infantry Division. 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. The school was transferred to Sevoke in 1943.

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

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, 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".

Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) was initially established at Comilla Cantonment on 11 January 1974 and later relocated at Bhatiary in 1976.

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 Battalion
  • 5th Signals Coy Battalion
  • 88th Central Ordnance Depot
  • 67th EME Workshop
  • 33rd Military Police Unit
• School of Military Intelligence

Infrastructure

Education

• Army Medical College Cumilla
• Bangladesh Army International University of Science & Technology (BAIUST)
• Cumilla Cadet College
• Ispahani Public School & College, Cumilla
• Cantonment College, Cumilla
• Cantonment Board Girl's High School, Cumilla
• Cumilla Cantonment High School
• Cantonment Board Madymik Bidyalaya
• Mainamati English School & College (MESC)

Hospitals

• Mainamati Cantonment General Hospital
• Combined Military Hospital, Cumilla

See also

• Mainamati War Cemetery
• Mainamati

References

1. 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.
2. Jeffreys, Alan (2005). The British Army in the Far East 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-84176-790-1.
3. Jeffreys, Alan (2005). The British Army in the Far East 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-84176-790-1.
4. Chakrabarti, Dilip K. (1992). Ancient Bangladesh, a Study of the Archaeologcial Sources. Oxford University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-19-562879-1.
5. Khan, Rao Farman Ali (2017) . How Pakistan Got Divided (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-940698-2.
6. "From Assam : Successful Air Strikes". Link. Vol. 14, no. 18. 12 December 1971. p. 26. ISSN 0459-469X.
7. "Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA)". Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-08-15.

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