পাকিস্তান আর্মির অবস্থান | Pakistan Army deployment in East Pakistan
PAKISTAN FORCES IN EAST PAKISTAN (DEPLOYMENT AND LOCATIONS ON COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES)
| Formations/Units | Locations |
| HQ Eastern Command
(Lt Gen A A K Niazi |
Dacca |
| Artillery
43 LAA Regt |
Dacca with elements at Jessore and Comilla |
| 46 LAA Bty | Chittagong |
| 35 Inf Div (Maj Gen Mohd Jamshed Khan
HQ 93 Inf Bde (Brig Abdul Qadir Khan) |
Dacca |
| HQ | Mymensingh |
| 83 Indep Mor Bty | Kamalpur-Mymensingh |
| 33 Punjab | Mymensingh-Phulpur-Haluaghat |
| 31 Baluch | Jamalpur-Rajendraganj-Hathibanda-diwanganj-Tangail |
| 70 Wing Rangers | Mymensingh-Kishoreganj |
| 71 Wing Rangers | Jariajhan Jail-Shibganj-Biri Siri-Bijaipur 39 Inf Div (Maj Gen Rahim Khan) |
| HQ | Chandpur (was under process of raising but remained incomplete due to commencement of operations) |
| 53 Fd Regt
53 Inf Bde (Brig Mohd Aslam Niazi) |
Comilla-Feni |
| HQ | Feni |
| 15 Baluch | Feni area |
| 39 Baluch | Laksham-Mia Bazar-Chauddagram |
| 23 Punjab | Mia Bazar-Parikot |
| 21 AK Bn | Laksham-Feni |
| 117 Inf Bde (Brig Sheikh Mansoor Hussain Attif)
HQ |
Comilla |
| Sqn Tanks (Chaffee) | Comilla area |
| 30 Punjab | Saldanadi-Bibirbazar |
| 25 FF | Lalmai-Maynamati with element at Laksham |
| 12 AK Bn (Less two Coys) | Comilla |
| 91 Inf Bde (Brig Mian Taskin-ud-din)
HQ (under raising) |
Chittagong
|
| 24 FF | Ramgarh-Karerhat-Zorarganj-Chittagong |
| 97 Inf Bde (Brig Ata Mohd Khan Malik)
HQ |
Chittagong |
| 48 Baluch (Garrison Battalion) | Chittgong |
| 2 Cdo Bn | Rangamati-Kaptai |
| 60 Wing Rangers | Chittagong-Rangamati-Karerhat are with on coy at Cox’x Bazar |
| 61 Wing Rangers |
| Formations/Units | Locations |
| 14 Inf Div (Maj Gen Qazi Abdul Majid Khan)
HQ |
Ashuganj |
| 31 Fd Regt | Sylhet-Shamshernagar-Brahmanbaria |
| 88 Indep Mor Bty | Sylhet |
| 171 Indep Mor Bty | Comilla |
| 202 Inf Bde (Brig Asghar Hussain)
HQ |
Sylhet |
| 31 Punjab | Chattak-Sylhet Jaintiapur-Charkhai |
| 91 Mujahid Bn (less two coys) | Sunamganj-Sheola area |
| Khyber Rifles
Thal Scouts Tochi Scouts |
Mixed with regular Bns and deployed in whole area |
| 2 Coys ex 12 AK Bn | Sylhet |
| 313 Inf Bde (Brig Iftikar Rana)
HQ |
Maulvi Bazar |
| 22 Baluch | Kulaura-Juri area |
| 30 FF | Srimangal-Shamshernagar-Kamalpur area |
| Two Coyx 91 Mujahid Bn | Fenchuganj-Sherpur area |
| Elements Tochi Scouts | Barlekha area |
| 27 Inf Bde (Brig Sadullah Khan)
HQ |
Brahman Baria |
| Two Tps Tanks (Chaffee) | Akhaura |
| 33 Baluch | Kasba-Saidbad-Kutt |
| 12 FF | Gangasagar-Akhaura-Paharpur-Fakirmura area |
| 16 Inf Div (Maj Gen Nazir Hussain Shah)
HQ |
Nator (unconfirmed reports of move to Bogra area) |
| 29 CAV less Sqn | Thakurgaon-Dinajpur-Ghoraghat-Hilli |
| 48 Fd Regt | Thakurgaon-Hathibanda-Nageshwari area |
| 80 Fd Regt | Khetlal-Hilli |
| 117 Indep mor Bty | Negeshwari-Kurigram |
| 23 Inf Bde (Brig Iqbal Mohd Shafi)
HQ |
Syedpur |
| 25 Punjab (was scheduled for relief by 8 Punjab) | Hathibanda-Lalmanirhat-Nagershwari-Kurigram |
| 26 FF | Dinajpur-Phulbari |
| 48 Punjab | Thakurgaon-Pachagarh |
| 8 Punjab | Lalmanirhat-Rangpur |
| 34 Punjab (Recce and Sp Bn) | Thakurgaon-Boda-Nilphamari |
| 86 Mujahid Bn | Elements at Hathibanda-Hilli-Gaibanda and Rangpur |
| 205 Inf Bde (Brig Tajmmal Hussain Malik)
HQ |
Khetlal |
| 32 Baluch | Ghoraghat-Gobindganj |
| 4 FF | Hilli |
| 3 Baluch | Jaipurhat-Jaipur and Muhabbatpur |
| 34 Inf Bde (Brig Mir Abdul Nayeem)
HQ |
Nator |
| Formations/Units | Locations |
| 32 Punjab | Nawabganj-Shibganj-Rahanpur-Rajshahi |
| Coy 12 Punjab | Ishurdi |
| 13 FF | Panitala-Rasulbil-Sapahar-Gondardanga |
| 9 Inf Div (Maj Gen M H Ansari)
HQ |
Jessore |
| 3 Indep Armed Sqn (Chaffee) | Jessore (Sqn completely eliminated on 22 Nov) |
| 55 Fd Regt | Satkhira (One Bty) and Jhingergacha area (2 Coys) |
| 49 Fd Regt | Meherpur-Chuadanga-Kustia |
| 211 Indep Mor Bty | Chuadanga |
| 57 Inf Bde (Brig Manzoor Ahmed)
HQ |
Jhenida |
| Sqn 29 CAV | Kustia-Bheramara area |
| 18 Punjab | Meherpur-Chaudanga-Darsuna-Natudaha area |
| 50 Punjab | Jhenida-Kotchandpur |
| 29 Baluch | Bheramara-Salimpur-Khaliskundi-Kustia |
| 107 Inf Bde (Brig Malik Hayat Khan)
HQ |
Jessore |
| 22 FF | Jhingergacha-Benapole |
| 38 FF | Afra-Sajiali-Asanagar |
| 6 Punjab | Jessore |
| 21 Punjab (Recce and Sp Bn) | Satkhira-Kalaroa-Jessore |
| 15 FF | Jessore |
| 12 Punjab less Coy | Jessore |
SUMMARY
| Formations/Units | Total | Remarks |
| Inf Div HQ | 3 | Excl one skeleton (HQ 36 Div) and on under raising (HQ 39 Div) |
| Bde HQ | 13 | Incl one skeleton (91 Bde) |
| Inf Bns | 35 | Including two AK Bns |
| Armed Regt (29 Cav) | 1 (Chaffees) | |
| Indep Armed Sqns | 2 (plus 2 tps PT-76) | |
| Fd Regt Arty | 6 | |
| Indep Mor Bty Arty | 5 | |
| LAA Regt Arty | 1 | |
| LAA Bty Arty | 1 | |
| Frontier Corps Wings and Rangers | 7 | |
| Mujahid Bns | 5 |
Deployment : East Pakistan Civil Armed Forces
| EPCAF (Maj Gen Mohd Jamshed Khan, DG) | Dacca | |
| Dacca Sector
HQ |
Dacca | |
| 13 Wing | Dacca area | |
| 16 Wing | Dacca | |
| Jessore Sector
HQ |
Jessore | |
| 4 Wing | Chuadanga area | |
| 5 Wing | Khulna-Bagerhat-Barisal area | |
| 15 Wing | Jessore-Chaugacha area | |
| Rajshahi Sector
HQ |
Rajshahi | |
| 6 Wing | Rajshahi-Nawabganj-Rahanpur area | |
| 7 Wing | Naogaon-Panitala area | |
| 9 Wing | Bogra-Sirajganj area | |
| Rangpur Sector
HQ |
Rangpur | |
| 8 Wing | Dinajpur | |
| 9 Wing | Thakurgaon-Pachagarh area | |
| 10 Wing | Rangpur-Lalmanirhat area | |
| Comilla Sector
HQ |
Comilla | |
| 1 Wing | Comilla | |
| 3 Wing | Brahman Baria | |
| 12 Wing | Comilla | |
| Ctg Sector
HQ |
Ctg | |
| 2 Wing | Feni area | |
| 11 Wing | Chittagong area | Elements in Cox’s Bazar |
| 14 Wing | Chittagonj area | |
Source : Jacob, J F R, Surrender at Dacca : Birth of a Nation. Dhaka : The University Press Limited, 1977.pp.185-190.
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