Cumilla Cantonment () is a cantonment located near Mainamati, Cumilla city in Bangladesh. The personnel of Bangladesh Army with local civilian inhabit here. The 33rd Infantry Division HQ is also located here. It has an area of 3000 acres.
History
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. Later the base was renamed Comilla Cantonment.
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".
Bangladesh Military Academy was initially established at Comilla Cantonment on 11 January 1974 and later relocated at Bhatiary in 1976.
Installations
HQ 33rd Infantry Division
Area Headquarters, Comilla
Station Headquarters, Comilla
Combined Military Hospital
Static Signal Company, Comilla
6th Cavalry Regiment
33rd Artillery Brigade
44th Infantry Brigade
101st Infantry Brigade
17th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
2nd Engineers Regiment
5th Signals Coy Battalion
88th Central Ordnance Depot
67th EME Workshop
33rd Military Police Unit
School of Military Intelligence
Education
Army Medical College, Comilla
Bangladesh Army International University of Science & Technology (BAIUST) Cumilla Cadet College Ispahani Public School & College,Cumilla Cantonment College, Comilla Cantonment Board Girl's High School, Cumilla Cumilla Cantonment High School Mainamati English School & College (MESC)