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Thakurgaon EPR troops learned of the Dinajpur clash on March 28 evening, and attacked the Pakistani EPR troops around 10: 30 PM that night.
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Thakurgaon and EPR
This sector contained the EPR wing no 8 ( 5 companies, HQ Dinajpur, CO Major Amin Tareq – W. Pakistani ), EPR 9 Wing ( 5 companies, HQ Thakurgaon, CO Major Sawar Muhammad Hussain ) and EPR Wing 10 ( 5 companies, HQ Rangpur, CO Major Md.
EPR 0 wing companies were deployed at Thakurgaon, Ruhia, Chilahati, Tetulia and Panchagarh.
At Thakurgaon the EPR troops did not react to the martial law declaration.
9th Wing EPR companies at the border were requested to come to Thakurgaon via Radio on March 29, while the police joined the EPR.
EPR troops at Thakurgaon began to take up positions north of Saidpur from March 31.
Thakurgaon EPR contingent moved to Nilphamari to the north of Saidpur, Bhushibandar to the west of it.
Thakurgaon and troops
There were civil demonstrations at Thakurgaon during March 26 – 27, and Pakistani troops fired at the crowds causing some casualties.
On March 30 the Pakistani troops at Thakurgaon were wiped out.
Thakurgaon and Dinajpur
The situation in Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Saidpur remained calm.
Dinajpur and Thakurgaon Districts on the south, Nilphamari District on the east.
In 1947 at the time of the Partition of India, Thakurgaon Subdivision became part of East Pakistan and became part of the newly established Dinajpur District of East Bengal.
In 1984 Takurgaon subdivision was split off Dinajpur and became a separate district ( i. e. Thakurgaon District ).
Thakurgaon and on
Captain Ashraf, after persuading 3 EBR 21C Major Akthar of his desire to stay loyal to Pakistan, was sent to Thakurgaon with a 3 EBR company from Saidpur on March 26 morning.
Thakurgaon and Pakistani
3 EBR companies were at Parvatipur ( CO Maj. S. Shaffat Hussain – Pakistani ), Thakurgaon ( CO Captain Ashraf – Bengali ), Ghoraghat ( 2 companies, CO Maj. Nizamuddin – Bengali ) and Saidpur ( Rear party and HQ company, OC Capt.
Thakurgaon and .
This was preceded by an outbreak in Thakurgaon during January and February affecting seven people with three deaths.
Bangladeshi media accused the BSF of abducting 5 Bangladeshi children, aged between 8 and 15, from the Haripur Upazila in Thakurgaon District of Bangladesh, in 2010.
Most notable was Brigadier Pran Nath Kathpalia ’ s 71 Mountain Brigade, which had pushed to the outskirts of Thakurgaon by the eve of war.
Airfields were located in Chittagong, Comilla, Lalmonirhut near Rangpur, in Salutikor near Sylhet, in Jessore and near Thakurgaon.
Thakurgaon is a district in the north-western side of Bangladesh.
Thakurgaon is in the north west corner of Bangladesh, it is about 467 km from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
EPR and troops
EPR Headquarters and 2, 500 EPR troops were posted in Dhaka.
West Pakistani EPR troops were posted in the cities whenever possible, while Bengali EPR troops were sent to the border outposts.
2, 500 EPR troops were attached with the EPR HQ ( the 13th, 15th and 16th wings, plus the EPR HQ wing and signals wing ) at Pilkhana.
Each EPR wing contained 3 companies, although most EPR troops were at Pilkhana, 2 companies were deployed in Mirpur, two at the President house and one at the Governor house in the city.
Nissar Ahmad Khan was the director general of all EPR while Lt. Col. Anwar Hossain Shah ( W. Pakistani ) commanded EPR Dhaka sector troops.
Bengali EPR officers were detained by the Pakistanis in Pilkhana and the troops were mostly ordered to stand down and relax, while 22nd Baluch took over security duties at Pilkhana on March 25 morning hours.
Pakistanis captured the EPR troops posted at Mirpur, the President House and the Governor house without resistance, but many managed to flee while some were executed.
EPR had about 300 Pakistani troops in Chittagong EPR HQ.
A company of Bengali troops were deployed to unload munitions from the MV Swat at the port, while an EPR platoon guarded the airport.
Pakistani troops from the Naval base launched an unsuccessful attack on the EPR HQ in the early hours ( 2: 00AM – 4: 00 AM ) of March 26.
By 11: 30 PM Captain Haroon had taken control of the wing, put Pakistani personnel in jail, and had signaled EPR troops in border areas to move to Chittagong by 3: 30 AM.
Captain Haroon with his troops reached Kalurghat Bridge by 26 March morning, where Major Zia ordered him to stay with the 8 EBR troops, along with 2 EPR companies coming from Teknaf Rangamati EPR Company imprisoned their Pakistani members and took position to the north east of cantonment by the early hours of March 26.
Bengali plan of resistance had fallen apart, EPR troops were to remain without the expected reinforcements throughout the battle.
EPR and learned
EPR forces outside the city learned of the crackdown on March 26 and revolted.
The EPR wing had learned of the crackdown through the EPR wireless net and had imprisoned all W. Pakistani personnel by this time.
EPR and Dinajpur
The East Pakistan Rifles ( EPR ), a 15, 000 strong ( 80 % Bengali ) paramilitary force, was divided into 17 operational wings ( each wing contained 3 to 6 companies of 150 men each ) in 7 sectors ( headquartered in Dacca, Mymenshingh, Jessore, Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Sylhet and Chittagong ) and was deployed around the country.
* Diasarm 3 EBR at Saidpur and EPR Sector HQ at Dinajpur
EPR sector no 5 ( CO Lt. Col. Tareq R. Qureshi – Pakistani ) was HQed at Dinajpur.
EPR 8 wing had 2 companies at Dinajpur and the rest was deployed near the border at Biral and Basudevpur.
26 FF planned to disarm the EPR troops at Dinajpur during a Bara Khana on March 23, which failed because Bengali troops protested the presence of armed Pakistani soldiers in the dinner area and refused to eat until the Pakistani contingent put away their arms before sitting down to eat.
On March 28 around 11: 30 AM a rumor spread among EPR troops in Dinajpur that they might be attacked, and clash with the 26th FF company erupted around 3: 00PM.
An EPR company took up position at Phulbari on March 29 while the other companies made for Dinajpur, including some EPR 10 Wing troops from Rangpur.
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