Rangpur Cantonment

Rangpur Cantonment
রংপুর সেনানিবাস
Rangpur City, Rangpur, Bangladesh
Rangpur Cantonment
Site information
TypeMilitary base
Controlled by Bangladesh Army
Garrison information
Current
commander		Major General Mohammad Kamrul Hasan[1]

Rangpur Cantonment (Bengali: রংপুর সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Rangpur, Bangladesh.[2] It is the headquarters of 66th Infantry Division of the Bangladesh Army.

History

Insignia of Rangpur Area Command
Seal of the Rangpur Cantonment Board

On 1 March 1971, General Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the first meeting of the recently elected National Assembly. In response, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman called a general strike. On 3 March, thousands of locals of Rangpur violated curfew to protest against the regime. Three protestors were killed.[3]

During the night of 25 March, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight, which led to civil war. At the time, the Pakistani Army's 23 Infantry Brigade was stationed at the cantonment. On 28 March, thousands of Bengalis attacked the cantonment with clubs, spears, and arrows. The army returned fire with automatic weapons, killing about 600 Bengalis.[4][5]

India's 66th Mountain Brigade accepted the surrender of the cantonment's Pakistani garrison on 17 December.[6]

After independence, in February 1972, the Bangladesh Army's 72 Infantry Brigade was raised at the cantonment. The 14 East Bengal and 15 East Bengal regiments were raised from forces that had fought in sector 6.[7]

During the 7 November 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état, mutineers killed more than 15 army officers in the cantonment.[8] The Statesman reported that the government appealed over the radio for former freedom fighters to report to the nearest cantonment for recruitment into the army. More than 200 who did so at Rangpur cantonment were promptly arrested to keep them from joining the mutineers.[9]

Institutions

References

  1. ^ "Armed Forces Day observed in Rangpur Cantonment". Dhaka Tribune. 22 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Cantonment Locations". Bangladesh Army. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Pakistani army massacred 10 intellectuals on April 4, 1971 in Rangpur". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 3 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Liberation war began decisively on March 28 in Rangpur". Dhaka Tribune. 13 March 2021.
  5. ^ "On this days in 71,600 people were killed at Nishbetganj". The Daily Star. 28 March 2013.
  6. ^ Zaman, Imamuz (2001). Bangladesh War of Liberation. Dhaka: Columbia Prokashani. p. 140. OCLC 49820892.
  7. ^ Raja, Dewan Mohammad Tasawwar (2010). O General My General. Dhaka: The Osmani Memorial Trust. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-984-8866-18-4.
  8. ^ Ahamed, Emajuddin (1988). Military Rule and the Myth of Democracy. Dhaka: University Press Limited. p. 100. OCLC 19908562.
  9. ^ "State of confusion in Bangladesh". News Review on South Asia. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: 1179. December 1975.
  10. ^ "100% golden A+ in Rangpur Cadet College". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  11. ^ "RAMC Shopping Complex launched in Rangpur". Daily Sun. 29 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Army launches tree plantation campaign in Rangpur area". The Daily Star. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Moeen opens Rangpur Cantonment Golf Club". bdnews24.com. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangpur_Cantonment