Jashore Cantonment is a cantonment located in the southern part of Bangladesh in Jashore District outside Jashore town and the Headquarters of 55th Infantry Division.
History Ferdousi Priyabhashini was raped in Jessore Cantonment during Bangladesh Liberation War. It had a prisoner camp were Pakistani army carried out rape, torture, and execution. Jessore Cantonment was captured during Bangladesh Liberation war on 6 December 1971 by the Pine Division of the Indian Army. On 9 March 2009 General Officer Commanding of 55 Infantry Division and Jessore Cantonment Commander Major General Rafiqul Islam was killed in a helicopter crash along with the pilot. In 4 September 2015 a soldier was found dead inside the barracks of the cantonment.
During the 2013- 2014 Bangladesh unrest, allegations arose that Indian military personnel were deployed at Jessore Cantonment. The Bangladesh ministry of Foreign Affairs vehemently denied the allegations.
Installations of Bangladesh Army HQ 55th Infantry Division Area Headquarters, Jashore Station Headquarters, Jashore Combined Military Hospital Garrison Engineer (Army) Military Engineering Service (MES) 9th Bengal Lancers Regiment 55th Artillery Brigade 3rd Engineers Regiment 1st Signal Battalion 21st Infantry Brigade 88th Infantry Brigade 105th Infantry Brigade 31st Supply Transport Battalion Division Ordnance Company, Jashore Signals Training Centre And School (STCS) Additionally, there are two field ambulance units, one EME workshop, two field EME workshop, one Military Police Unit and a Field Intelligence Unit.
Installations of Bangladesh Air Force BAF Base Matiur Rahman
Education Jashore Cantonment College Jashore Cantonment High School Army Medical College, Jashore (AMCJ) BAF Shaheen College, Jessore Dawood Public School Daud Public College, Jashore
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