Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
The Bangladesh Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Bangladesh Army. It was raised in 2001 as the second infantry regiment after the East Bengal Regiment. The regiment was raised initially by renaming some battalions of the East Bengal Regiment, before its own recruits were trained. This was the first new regiment raised by the Bangladesh Army in the 21st century, and consequently is also known as the Regiment of the Millennium.
Role
Its stated role is to seek out, close with and destroy the enemy, within a traditional infantry combat scenario, however, the regiment also provides aid to the civilian government when called upon and also contributes regularly to Bangladesh's peacekeeping commitments overseas. The regiment deployed eight battalions to Bangladesh's UN peacekeeping commitments:- MONUC
- * 7th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
- UNOCI
- * 18th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
- UNMIL
- * 12th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
- * 13th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
- UNAMIS
- * 9th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
- MINUSMA
- * 34th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
Units
This is the list of the units of the Bangladesh Infantry Regiment.| Unit | Nickname |
| 1 BIR | Gallant One |
| 2 BIR | Unique Two |
| 3 BIR | Spirited Three |
| 4 BIR | Motionless Four |
| 5 BIR | Expeditious Five |
| 6 BIR | Invincible Six |
| 7 BIR | Strategic Seven |
| 8 BIR | Championed Eight |
| 9 BIR | Courageous Nine |
| 10 BIR | Efficient Tenth |
| 11 BIR | Necessitous Eleven |
| 12 BIR | Lightening Twelve |
| 13 BIR | Irresistible Third-teen |
| 14 BIR | Golden Fourteen |
| 15 BIR | Rapid Fifteen |
| 16 BIR | Meritorious Sixteenth |
| 17 BIR | Winning Seventeenth |
| 18 BIR | Lively Eighteen |
| 19 BIR | Brightening Nineteen |
| 20 BIR | Advanced Twenty |
| 21 BIR | Invulnerable Twenty One |
| 22 BIR | Victorious Twenty Two |
| 23 BIR | Convinced Twenty Three |
| 24 BIR | Awakening Twenty Four |
| 25 BIR | Enlivened Twenty Five |
| 26 BIR | Sharpened Twenty Six |
| 27 BIR | Powerful Twenty Seven |
| 28 BIR | Eternal Twenty Eight |
| 29 BIR | Dynamic Twenty Ninth |
| 30 BIR | Distinctive 30th |
| 31 BIR | Energized Thirty First |
| 32 BIR | Indestructible Thirty Two |
| 33 BIR | Flawless Thirty Three |
| 34 BIR | Vigorous 34 |
| 35 BIR | Gleaming Thirty Fifth |
| 36 BIR | Robust 36 |
| 37 BIR | Leading 37 |
| 38 BIR | Combatant Thirty Eight |
| 39 BIR | Magnificent Thirty Nine |
| 40 BIR | Ingenious Forty |
| 41 BIR | Auspicious Forty One |
| 42 BIR | Radiant Forty Two |
| 43 BIR | Shining 43 |
| 44 BIR | Illuminated Forty Four |