East Bengal Regimental Centre

East Bengal Regimental Centre
Formation1948
HeadquartersChittagong Cantonment, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Commandant
Major General Towhidul Ahmed
Parent organization
ARTDOC

East Bengal Regiment Centre (EBRC) is an infantry training centre of East Bengal Regiment of Bangladesh Army located in Chittagong Cantonment.[1][2] Major General Towhidul Ahmed is the current commandant of the centre and flag officer commanding of the regiment.

History

After the partition and the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the East Bengal Regiment was formed in Pakistan Army from two companies of the Pioneer Corps of the British Indian Army. That training company is called the nucleus of the East Bengal Regi Regament Centre. The East Bengal Regiment was given approval on November 1947[3] by the transitional Supreme Commanders Headquarters the Joint Defense Council of Pakistan and Indian Army Chief the Supreme Commander Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck .for the first time The East Bengal Regiment was raised and commanded by Major Abdul Waheed Chowdhury,[4][5] who was appointed as the Officer Commanding of the newly raised East Bengal Regiment. On 15th February 1948 Senior Tigers were raised to the 1st Battalion of the East Bengal Regiment and formally inaugurated by the Head of State then. East Bengal Regiment Centre was created to train the new recruits for East Bengal Regiment which was formed on 15 February 1948.[6] Major Abdul Waheed Chowdhury[7][8] was the first to raise and command the 1st East Bengal Regiment and lifted it to the 1st Battalion of the East Bengal Regiment. During the Bangladesh War of Independence, the commander of the centre was the most senior ethnic Bengali officer in the Pakistan Army, Brigadier General Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar. He was imprisoned for the duration of the war.[9][10] The centre has a conference hall.

References

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  2. ^ "PM to open 'World Trade Centre' in Chattagram today". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 30 January 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ^ Khan, Fazal Muqueem (1963). The Story of the Pakistan Army. Pakistan Branch, Oxford University Press.
  4. ^ Abdul Haq, Colonel Mohammad (August 2022). Six Stars of Military History. Dhaka: Khoshroz Kitab Mahal Limited. pp. 258–280. ISBN 978-984-438-250-3.
  5. ^ ইস্ট বেঙ্গল রেজিমেন্ট ও ভাষা আন্দোলন [East Bengal Regiment and the Language Movement]. Daily Naya Dignanta (Opinion) (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  6. ^ Sein, Maung Kyaw. "Remembering a Tiger's Last Journey". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. ^ Huq, Mohammed Abdul. "Loraku Bengali Major A W Chowdhury". Daily Nayadiganta. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. ^ Khan, Waqar (19 April 2021). "The myth of martial race: Seared into a schoolboy's memory!". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Military preparation for 'Operation Searchlight'". The Independent (Bangladesh). Dhaka. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  10. ^ Wahab, A. T. M. Abdul (2004). Mukti Bahini wins victory: Pak military oligarchy divides Pakistan in 1971. Columbia Prokashani. p. 137. ISBN 9789847130446. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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