CHAPTER ~ XIII NARCH TO DHAKA While 2 Corps and 33 Corps were snashing forward into the Bangladesh districts west of the Jamuna-Padna river syster, the 4 Corps based in Tripura had started its operations which led it finally into Dhaka. OPERATIONS OF 4 CORPS The Pak forces deployed opposite 4 Corps at the beginning of the war were as under:- (1) 14 Inf Div (Naj Gen Qazi Abdul Majid Khan) HQ ~ Ashuganj area. 31 Fd Regt - Sylhet-Shamshernagar- e Brahmanbaria area, Elements 53 - Comilla-Feni area, (2) Fd Regt 88 (Indep) - Sylhet Nortar Battery 171 (Indep) - Comilla Mortar Battery 34 Punjab less two Coys Brahmanbaria-Comilla. 202 Inf Bde (Brig Salimullah) (3) #Q = Sylhet e 31 Punjab ~ Chattack-Sylhet- Jaintiapur-Charkhai area 91 Mujahid Bn ~ Sunamganj-Sheola area (ess two Coys) Two Coys 12 - Sylhet AKRF Bn Khyber Rifles, Thal Scouts Tochi Scouts (Mixed with regular Bns) In the whole area. 313 Inf Bde (Brig Iftikhar Rana) HQ22 Baluch - Kulaura-Juri area 30 Frontier - Srimangal-Shamsher Force Nagar-Kamalpur area two Coys 91 ~ Fenchuganj-Sherpur Mujahid Bn area 1 Elements Tochi Barlekha area Scounts 27 Inf Bde (Brig Saadullah Khan) HQ - Brahmanbaria Two Troops Tanks ~- Akhaura area (Chafees) 33 Baluch ~ Kasba-Saidabad-Kuti area 12 Frontier Force Gangasagar-Akhaura ~ Paharpur-Fakirmura area 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 - Comilla-Feni (4) 53 Inf Bde (Brig Mohd Aslam Niazi) HQ - Feni 15 Baluch - Feni area 39 Baluch - Laksham-Mian Bazar Chauddagram 23 Punjab - Mian Bazar-Parikot 21 AK Bn - Laksham-Feni 117 Inf Bde (Brig Sheikh Mansoor Hussain Atif) HQ - Comilla Sqn Tanks (Chafees) - Comilla area 30 Punjab ~ Saldanadi-Bibirbazar 25 FF ~ Lalnai-Mynamati-Lakshan -549-12 AK Bn (less two Coys) Comilla 91 Inf Bde (Brig Mian Taskin-ud-Din) HQ (under - raising) 24 FF = 97 Inf Bde (Brig Ata Mohd HQ - 48 Baluch - (Garrison Battalion) 2 Cdo Bn 60 Wing Rangers 61 Wing Rangers Against the above, Chittagong Ramgarh-Karerhat- Zorarganj-Chittagong Khan Malik) Chittagong Chittagong Rangamati-Kaptai Chittagong-Rangarh- Karerhat area, with one Coy at Cox's Bazar. 4 Corps of the Indian Army was deployed as under:- (5) HQ 4 Corps (Lt Gen - Sagat_ Singh) Elements of Arty, Engrs, Sigs, ASC, Med, Ord, EME ete. 8 Mtn Div (Maj Gen Krishna Rao Teliamura near Agartala > Badarpur-Karingan ~ Dharmanagar area. 59 Mtn Bde (Brig Quinn) 4/5 GR(FF) 9 Gds 6 Rajput 81 Mtn Bde (Brig Apte) 3 Punjab 4 Kumaon 10 Mahar Under Command of 8 Mtn Div BSF Bns 84 -550-