Chattogram Cantonment is situated near
Bayezid Bostami of
Chattogram,
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 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
*
Trust Transport Services office
* HQ 24th Infantry Division
* Station Headquarters, Chattogram Cantonment
* Area Headquarters, Chattogram Area
* HQ 34th Engineer Construction Brigade
Educational institutions
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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
See also
*
Cumilla Cantonment
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Alikadam Cantonment
Alikadam Cantonment ( bn, আলীকদম সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located outside of Bandarban. The 24th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) inhabits the cantonment.
It is one of five cantonments in Chittagong Hill Tracts are ...
*
Savar Cantonment
Savar Cantonment ( bn, সাভার সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The 9th infantry division of Bangladesh Army is garrisoned there. Corps of Military Police Centre & School (CMPC&S) and t ...
References
Cantonments of Bangladesh
Chittagong
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