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

* 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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