Ramu Cantonment ( bn, রামু সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Ramu of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. It is the headquarter of 10th Infantry Division of

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. The area of the cantonment is 3000 acres.

History and Layout

24th Infantry Battalion was stationed at Ramu but it lacked infrastructure. So, the government decided to upgrade it to a full-fledged cantonment.

Establishment of cantonment

Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2 ...

confirmed the approval for a new cantonment in Ramu on 19 April 2014. Army was allocated 1,800 acres of forest land in Ramu. Of those 1,180 acres in Rajarkul, 264.55 acres in Khuniyapalang, and 344.43 acres in Umakhali Mouza. On 10 March 2016, she inaugurated construction of a road titled "Bir Sarani", memorial "Ajeyo" commemorating the division, a multipurpose shade "Birangan" and a composite barrack named "Matamuhuri" built at Alikadom Cantonment.

Key installations

Under the division there are two infantry brigade, one artillery brigade, five infantry regiments, three artillery regiment, one engineering battalion and other various units including SSD Ramu and two field workshop units.

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Fakhrul Ahsan, BSP, ndu, psc is the current General Officer Commanding of the division.

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** 16 Cavalry Regiment *

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** 10 Artillery Brigade ** 23 Field Regiment Artillery ** 40 Field Regiment Artillery ** 28 Medium Regiment Artillery *

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: ** 2 Infantry Brigade ** 97 Infantry Brigade ** 8 East Bengal Regiment ** 60 East Bengal Regiment ** 63 East Bengal Regiment ** 36 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment ** 37 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment ** 38 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment ** 39 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment ** 79 East Bengal Regiment * Ordnance Corps ** 509 Division Ordnance Company ** 10 Independent Ammunition Platoon * Corps of Signals (Sig) ** 9 Signal Battalion ** 39 Signal Battalion * Corps of Engineers ** 4 Engineer Battalion Combat Service support * Army Medical Corps ** CMH Ramu ** 55 Field Ambulance ** 95 Field Ambulance Education institutions * Ramu Cantonment English School and College * Ramu Cantonment Public School and College . r.

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History and Layout

Establishment of cantonment

Key installations

See also

References