1st Bengal Lancers (Bangladesh)

After the Bangladesh Liberation War, the newly formed Bangladesh Army was short staffed and had only inherited a few obsolete Pakistani tanks. In 1973, Bangladesh had donated tea and medical supplies to the Egyptian Army as support and the Egyptian government wanted to thank them. After the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, Anwar Sadat decided to donate 30 Egyptian T-54 tanks to the Bangladesh government. This donation of tanks was used to raise the first proper tank regiment in Bangladesh. == Assassination of Sheikh Mujib ==

After its formation, Colonel Momen was assigned as the CO, with Major Farooq being his second-in-command. However, as Farooq had more experience from serving in Pakistan's Armoured Corps, he was the de facto commander. Tanks from the Lancers were used to neutralize the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini, . == November Coups and Split ==

On November 3, the CGS Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf launched a counter coup, which resulted in all of the assassins agreeing to leave the country. Then-Major General Mosharraf would later be assassinated during the Sepoy Mutiny, in support of Major General Ziaur Rahman. Afterwords, the 1st Bengal Lancers was split between Savar and Bogra. == See also ==