Savar Cantonment

Savar Cantonment (Bengali: সাভার সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The 9th infantry division of Bangladesh Army is garrisoned there.[1] Corps of Military Police Centre & School (CMPC&S) and the Savar Golf Club (SGC) are also located in the cantonment.[2]

9th Infantry Division Insignia

History

Before 1971, the area was known as 'Ansar Camp' and during Bangladesh Liberation War the camp was used for Razakar by Pakistani Army.[3] After the independence it was main training center for Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini which would be absorbed into Bangladesh Army in 1976.[4] Since 1976 it is given to Bangladesh Army to use as their cantonment.

Soldiers stationed in Savar cantonment supported the president during the 1976 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt and helped prevent the coup from being successful.[5] They took defensive positions around Dhaka and prevent arrival of coup supporters from Mymensingh Cantonment.[6]

In 2001, Savar Golf Club, located on a 68.8 acre site in the cantonment, was expanded 18 holes.[7] Aside from the Golf Club it has the Savar Cantonment Shooting Club.[8]

Injured victims from Rana Plaza accident were treated at Savar CMH.[9][10]

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina awarded the National Standard Award to the Corps of Military Police (CMP) Centre and School located in Savar Cantonment on 23 November 2017.[11]

Training facilities
  • Formation Driving Track
  • Savar Small Arms Firing Range
  • Trust Technical Training Institute
  • Corps of Military Police (CMP) Centre and School[11]

Education

See also

References
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  2. "THE GOLF STORY". The Daily Star. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. "Muktijuddho (Bangladesh Liberation War 1971) - Razakars - History of Bangladesh".
  4. "The Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini (Absorption in the Army) Ordinance, 1975 | 4.Absorption of members of the Bahini in the Army". bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. Alagappa, Muthiah (2001). Coercion and Governance: The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia. Stanford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8047-4227-6.
  6. The Journal of Social Studies. Centre for Social Studies. 1998.
  7. STS (27 May 2014). "THE GOLF STORY". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. "Hawa Bhaban the birthplace of casinos: Quader". The Daily Star. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. "Bangladesh factory survivor declared hoax". NY Daily News. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  10. Golgowski, Nina. "Bangladesh factory worker who survived 17 days trapped beneath collapse declared hoax by fellow survivor". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  11. "PM hopeful army will play important role in continuation of democracy". Dhaka Tribune. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

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