Quadirabad Cantonment is a cantonment located in

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. This cantonment is home of Engineers Centre and School

History

The cantonment was named after Lt Col Abdul Qadir who was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was buried in a mass grave in an unknown site. His son Nadeem Qadir discovered the body in a mass grave in Panchlaish Thana, Chittagong District in 2007 and he was reburied in the cantonment in September 2011.

Units

*5th Engineering Corps *Engineer Centre and School of Military Engineering (ECSME) *Station Headquarters, Qadirabad Cantonment *ECSME Training Battalion

Institutions

* Qadirabad Cantonment Public School * Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology * Qadirabad Cantonment Sapper College *Combined Military Hospital

References

Cantonments of Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-mil-stub