It is located in Dhaka Cantonment directly under the command of the Army Headquarters (AHQ).

46th Independent Infantry Brigade, under the command of Colonel Shafaat Jamil, supported Major General's Khaled Mosharraf coup on 3 November 1975.

Captain Hafiz of the brigade was charged with detaining Major General Ziaur Rahman.

Nearly 12 hours after the attack, the operation was declared over by brigadier Rahman.

The operation ended with rescue of 13 hostages and 5 terrorists were killed while the 6th one was captured.