[1][2] Ferdousi Priyabhashini was raped in Jessore Cantonment during Bangladesh Liberation War.

It had a prisoner camp were Pakistani army carried out rape, torture, and execution.

[3][4] Jessore Cantonment was captured during Bangladesh Liberation war on 6 December 1971 by the Pine Division of the Indian Army.

[5] On 9 March 2009 General Officer Commanding of 55 Infantry Division and Jessore Cantonment Commander Major General Rafiqul Islam was killed in a helicopter crash along with the pilot.

[7][8] During the 2013- 2014 Bangladesh unrest, allegations arose that Indian military personnel were deployed at Jessore Cantonment.