Chattogram Cantonment is situated near Bayezid Bostami of

Chattogram Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. It is the headquarters of 24th infantry division.

History

An Indian army tank captured by the East Bengal Regiment (based in Chattogram cantonment) near Lahore in the

1965 Indo-Pak war The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 or the Second Kashmir War was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was d ...

is displayed in the cantonment. On 30 May 1981, President

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d' ...

was assassinated in Chattogram city by officers based in Chattogram Cantonment. The base commander General Abul Manzur was also accused of involvement in the coup. He himself was killed on 2 June 1981.

Installation

* Combined Military Hospital (CMH) * 8th

East Bengal Regiment The East Bengal Regiment ( bn, ইস্ট বেঙ্গল রেজিমেন্ট) is an infantry regiment ( regimental system type) and the largest military formation of the Bangladesh Army. History The East Bengal Regiment was for ...

* Trust Transport Services office * HQ 24th Infantry Division * Station Headquarters, Chattogram Cantonment * Area Headquarters, Chattogram Area * HQ 34th Engineer Construction Brigade

Educational institutions

* Chattogram Cantonment Public College * Army Medical College, Chattogram * Cantonment Board High School * Cantonment English School and College, Chattogram *Bayzid Bostami Cantonment board High School *Birshrestha Mohiuddin Jahangir Cantonmentnt Board High school

References

Cantonments of Bangladesh Chittagong {{Bangladesh-mil-stub

History

Installation

Educational institutions

See also

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