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Cumilla Cantonment
Cumilla Cantonment (Bengali: কুমিল্লা সেনানিবাস) is a military station of the Bangladesh Army, located near Comilla, Bangladesh. The 33rd Infantry Division is based there. It has an area of around 3000 acres
Construction of the base during the Second World War damaged unsurveyed archaeological remains. Since then, archaeologists have excavated and protected some sites within the cantonment.
During the Second World War, a jungle warfare 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 the site. The Archaeological Survey of India's T. N. Ramachandran conducted a hurried archaeological survey, the first of the area, in 1944-1945. As a result of his work, some sites were protected, but much irreversible damage had already been done.
Starting in 1955, the Pakistan Department of Archaeology excavated some sites within the cantonment. These included Kutila Mura, a Buddhist site probably built in the 7th century that comprises stupas, votive shrines, chaitya halls, and a monastery.
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". Later, the base was renamed Comilla Cantonment.
The Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) was established at the cantonment on 11 January 1974. It relocated to Bhatiari in 1976. The School of Military Intelligence, established in May 1978 at Dhaka Cantonment, was transferred to Cumilla Cantonment in July 1981.
As of 2020, the 33rd Infantry Division is based at Cumilla Cantonment.
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Cumilla Cantonment
Cumilla Cantonment (Bengali: কুমিল্লা সেনানিবাস) is a military station of the Bangladesh Army, located near Comilla, Bangladesh. The 33rd Infantry Division is based there. It has an area of around 3000 acres
Construction of the base during the Second World War damaged unsurveyed archaeological remains. Since then, archaeologists have excavated and protected some sites within the cantonment.
During the Second World War, a jungle warfare 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 the site. The Archaeological Survey of India's T. N. Ramachandran conducted a hurried archaeological survey, the first of the area, in 1944-1945. As a result of his work, some sites were protected, but much irreversible damage had already been done.
Starting in 1955, the Pakistan Department of Archaeology excavated some sites within the cantonment. These included Kutila Mura, a Buddhist site probably built in the 7th century that comprises stupas, votive shrines, chaitya halls, and a monastery.
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". Later, the base was renamed Comilla Cantonment.
The Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) was established at the cantonment on 11 January 1974. It relocated to Bhatiari in 1976. The School of Military Intelligence, established in May 1978 at Dhaka Cantonment, was transferred to Cumilla Cantonment in July 1981.
As of 2020, the 33rd Infantry Division is based at Cumilla Cantonment.