Military College Jhelum

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Military College Jhelum
Image:Military College Jhelum-Academic Block.jpg
College Monogram
Identity	Alamgirians
Date of Establishment	March 3, 1922
First Academic Year	1925
Location	Sarai Alamgir, outskirts of Jhelum, Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan
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Total College Area	~ acres
Number of Houses	6
Mehmood Ghaznavi House
Named After	Mehmood Ghaznavi
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Babur House
Named After	Zahiruddin Babur
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Aurangzeb House
Named After	Aurangzeb Alamgir
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Tipu Sultan House
Named After	Tipu Sultan
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Jinnah House
Named After	Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Iqbal House
Named After	Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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Military College Jhelum or MCJ, is a Military High School, located near Jhelum, Pakistan. It's considered as an important and vital producer of the army work force. This institution constantly feeds the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, also known as PMA.

1 History
2 Location
3 Student Life
4 List of Commandants
5 Notable Alumni
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

Military college was founded on March 3, 1922 by British King George, the Emperor of India and Prince of Wales. It was originally named King George Royal Indian Military School. King George of Britain built four of such cadet school through out India to benefit the sons of Royal Indian Army.

Regular classes began on 15 September 1925. At that time, it was organized as a residential school for the sons of Muslim soldiers with the objective of producing educated rank and file for the British-Indian Army units. In 1943, the school underwent structural reforms. The college reemerged as an institution of choice for potential officers of the army. With the creation of Pakistan, the college took further strides both in scope and objectives

[edit] Location

Geographically, Military College Jhelum is located in district of Gujrat in the town of Sarai Alamgir. But due to its proximity to city of Jhelum, it is widely known as Military College Jhelum (MCJ).

[edit] Student Life

The students who are called cadets, are not only academically superior but well disciplined and are physically fit and meet all the requirement any regular army in the world. Cadets take part in sports such as filed hockey, Cricket, Foot ball (soccer), Basket ball, Squash, Tennis and horse back riding. Personal fitness also include judo, karate, gymnastics, jogging and running. Physical training (PT) an original form of aerobics is also conducted on daily basis.

[edit] List of Commandants

Following is the list of Commandants and their tenure start dates:

King George Royal Indian Military School Period
Capt. W.L. Clark , A.C.E.	15-September-1925
Capt. H.H. Clark , A.C.E.	24-August-1930
Maj. W.P. Selbie , MC , A.C.E.	09-April-1933
Lt. Col. T.H.L. Stebbing , A.C.E.	14-May-1937
King George Royal Indian Military College Period
Lt.Col. T.H.L. Stebbing , A.C.E.	1943
Maj. Aurangzeb Khan , Baloch	22-August-1947
Lt.Col. S.F.H. Zaidi , A.S.C.	24-February-1948
Lt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq , Punjab	01-July-1952
Lt.Col. Sultan Sikandar , Punjab	28-April-1953
Lt.Col. H.L. Edwards , A.C.E.	09-July-1954
Lt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq , Punjab	18-October-1955
Military College Jhelum Period
Lt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq , Punjab	23-March-1956
Lt.Col. Muhammad Sardar Khan , A.C.E.	03-May-1959
Lt.Col. Murtaza Hussain Khan , A.C.E.	15-May-1967
Lt.Col. Pervaiz Sikandar	22-June-1969
Lt.Col. S.A. Qureshi , A.C.E.	31-December-1969
Col. N.D. Ahmed	28-October-1970
Col. Muhammad Zahur-ul-Haq	29-April-1974
Col. Muhammad Ikram Ameen	15-June-1977
Col. Muhammad Said Khokahar	23-August-1978
Col. Abdul Sattar	05-June-1980
Brig. Abdul Sattar	01-January-1981
Brig. Inayat-ur-Rehman Siddiqui	01-January-1983
Brig. Usman Shah , SI(M)	13-August-1984
Brig. Dr. Noor-ul-Haq	07-August-1987
Brig . Maqsud-ul-Hassan , SI(M) , TI(M)	12-October-1991
Brig. Muhammad Afzal Malik	18-August-1998