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Postogola Cantonment

Bangladeshi military cantonment

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ97256840 ↗
Source-derived summary

Postogola Cantonment is a cantonment in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 2 riverine battalions are situated in the cantonment.

Installations

5 RE Battalion

7 RE Battalion

Education

Riverview Cantonment Board School

Gallery

See also

List of formations of the Bangladesh Army

Guimara Cantonment

References

Notes

Further reading

Ali, Tawfique (22 September 2013). "'Cantonment' on Buriganga river". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 15 February 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from “Postogola Cantonment” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.