The Bangladesh Armed Forces are the combined military forces of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It consists of the three uniformed military services: the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force. The Armed Forces are under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Defence of the Government of Bangladesh, and is directly administered by the Armed Forces Division of the Prime Minister's Office. The President of Bangladesh serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. It has the third-largest defence budget in South Asia and according to the Global Firepower index it is the third most powerful military force in South Asia. Border Guard Bangladesh and Bangladesh Coast Guard are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs during peacetime, but during wartime they fall under the command of Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy respectively.
The Khulna Division is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 22,285 km2 (8,604 sq mi) and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census. Its headquarters and largest city is Khulna city in Khulna District.
Jessore District, officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna District and Satkhira District to the south, Khulna and Narail to the east, and Jhenaidah District and Magura District to the north. Jessore is the capital of the district. Jessore is also the home of the ancestors of the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Operation Searchlight was the codename for a planned military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in an effort to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in former East Pakistan in March 1971. Pakistan retrospectively justified the operation on the basis of anti-Bihari violence carried out en masse by the Bengalis earlier that month. Ordered by the central government in West Pakistan, the original plans envisioned taking control of all of East Pakistan's major cities on 26 March, and then eliminating all Bengali opposition, whether political or military, within the following month.
A cantonment is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, a cantonment refers to a permanent military station. In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section of a fort or other military installation," such as Fort Cavazos.
Cantonment College, Jashore is a college located in Arabpur, Jessore, Bangladesh. Established in 1969, the college, which has 6,000 students, is regulated by the Bangladesh Army.
Jashore Sadar is an upazila of Jashore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Its administrative centre is the city of Jashore, which is also the centre of the district.
Dhakuria is a census town in Gaighata CD Block in Bangaon subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Mymensingh Cantonment was the headquarters of the 19th Infantry Division of the Bangladesh Army. Presently it has the headquarters of ARTDOC which consists of its Battle Group and all the training institutions. The 77th Infantry Brigade under 19th Infantry Division is located there. The first General Officer Commanding of ARTDOC was Major General Md Zia-Ur-Rahman.
The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jashore is an autonomous organization in Jashore, Bangladesh, mainly responsible for holding two public examinations and for providing recognition to the newly established non-government educational institutions.
Mustafizur Rahman was a Bangladeshi Army general who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from December 1997 until 23 December 2000.
Jashore Cantonment is a cantonment located in the southern part of Bangladesh in Jashore District outside Jashore town and the HQ of 55th Infantry Division.
School of Infantry and Tactics is a Bangladesh army infantry and special forces training institute. The institute was founded in 1973 and is based in Jalalabad Cantonment.
Martyr Lt. Anwar Hossain was a Bangladesh Army officer who fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was killed in the war and posthumously awarded Bir Uttom, the second highest gallantry award in Bangladesh.
AKM Asadul Haq was a Bangladeshi physician and an army officer in Pakistan Army who was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war and is considered a martyr in Bangladesh.
Daud Public School And College (DPSC) is located Jessore Cantonment, Jessore, Bangladesh. This institute is run by Jessore Cantonment Board, under the Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonment, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The school is situated in the center of Jessore Cantonment, situated on 18.71 acres of land. The institute was founded by Dawood Khan, an industrialist of greater Jessore.
Jessore is a city in and district headquarter of Jessore District in Bangladesh.
Department of Military Lands and Cantonments is the Government department responsible for the land management of cantonments in Bangladesh. Shamim Ahmed is the current Director General of Department of Military Lands and Cantonments.
The Greater Jessore region predominantly includes the districts of Jessore, Jhenaidah, Narail and Magura in Bangladesh, as well as the Bangaon subdivision of India. Nestled close to the Sundarbans, the region experienced human settlement early on. It served as the capital city of the Samatata realm and passed through several Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms such as the Palas and Senas. Jessore was ruled by Khan Jahan Ali of Khalifatabad, under the Muslim Sultanate of Bengal, who is credited with establishing the Qasbah of Murali and urbanising the region through advancements in transportation and civilization. Jessore later came to be ruled by various chieftains such as Pratapaditya and became familiar to contemporary European travellers as Chandecan before being annexed to the Mughal Empire in the seventeenth century. By 1757, the British East India Company had dominated and started to establish themselves in the region. British rule lasted up until 1947, with Jessore coming under the Provisional Government of Bangladesh from 1971 onwards.
The Battle of Shiromoni was fought during the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 between the Pakistan Army and the joint forces of the Bangladesh and Indian Army. This was one of the last battles of the Bangladesh Liberation War which continued till 17 December 1971, even though the commander of all Pakistani Forces in Bangladesh had already surrendered on 16 December 1971.
