Cumilla Cantonment () is a military station of the

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, located near

Comilla Comilla (), officially spelled Cumilla, is a metropolis on the banks of the Gomti River in eastern Bangladesh. Comilla was one of the cities of ancient Bengal. It was once the capital of Tripura kingdom. Comilla Airport is located in the Duli ...

, Bangladesh.

History

During the

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school was set up at Comilla by the 14th Indian Infantry Division, after the mid-1942 Allied retreat from Burma. The school emphasized techniques in six areas key to successful fighting in jungle terrain: outflanking, being outflanked, ambushing and other minor tactics, the myth of the impenetrable jungle, health, and fitness. The school was transferred to Sevoke in 1943. In 1943–1944, military contractors constructing what was then called Mainamati Cantonment disturbed and damaged unsurveyed archaeological remains at

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. Later, the base was renamed Comilla Cantonment. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, an Indian news magazine described it as "one of the best natural fortifications" in East Bengal because "the greater part of this cantonment is tunnelled into the hill and is impervious to aerial bombing". The Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) was established at the cantonment on 11 January 1974. It relocated to Bhatiari in 1976.

Installations

* HQ 33rd Infantry Division **Area Headquarters, Cumilla **Station Headquarters, Cumilla ***Combined Military Hospital ***Static Signal Company, Cumilla **6th Cavalry Regiment **33rd Artillery Brigade **44th Infantry Brigade **101st Infantry Brigade **17th

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**2nd Engineers Battalion **5th Signals Coy Battalion **88th Central Ordnance Depot **67th EME Workshop **33rd Military Police Unit * School of Military Intelligence

Infrastructure

Hospitals

* Mainamati Cantonment General Hospital * Combined Military Hospital, Cumilla

Education

* Army Medical College Cumilla * Cantonment College * Cumilla Cadet College * Ispahani Public High School & College * Mainamati English School & College (MESC) * Cantonment Board Girl's High School, Comilla * Cantonment Board Madymik Bidyalaya * Comilla Cantonment High School

References