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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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