Military College Jhelum | |
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Sarai Alamgir, Punjab, Pakistan | |
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Type | Military school |
Established | March 3, 1922 |
Faculty | 40 |
Grades | 8th - 12th |
Number of students | 600 |
Houses | 7 |
School Color(s) | Dark green |
Mascot | Alamgirians |
Website | [1] |
Military College Jhelum or MCJ, is a military high school, located at Sarai Alamgir (Jhelum District) but now in (Gujrat District), Pakistan. Though it is physically located in Gujrat District, due to its very close proximity it is still associated with the City of Jhelum, and is considered to be in the cantonment limit of Jhelum. The institution feeds the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul.
Military College Jhelum is one of three military colleges in Pakistan, the others being Military College Murree and Military College Sui.
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The colleges foundation stone was laid on March 3, 1922, by the Prince of Wales.[1] It was named King George Royal Indian Military School. Five such cadet schools were built throughout India to benefit the sons of Royal Indian Army. Military College Jhelum and Chail Military School in India are sister institutes.
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.
From 16 April 1932 to 11 November 1936 the Chief Instructor was Warrant Officer Charles Eaton. A bungalow was built for him and his family on the banks of the Canal and still exists. When W.O. Eaton and his family left the students lined the route all the way to the railway station and festooned him with garlands, such was their esteem. In 1943, the school underwent and the college emerged as an institution of choice for potential officers of the army.
Military College Jhelum is located in the district of Gujrat in the town of Sarai Alamgir. Due to its proximity to city of Jhelum and because original Jhelum was on Sarai Alamgir side plus the inclusion of Sarai Alamgir in district Jhelum before 1998, it is widely known as Military College Jhelum (MCJ).
The students are called cadets. Cadets take part in sports such as field hockey, football, basketball,swimming, volleyball, squash, tennis and horse riding. Fitness activities include judo, karate, gymnastics, jogging and running. Physical training (PT) is conducted in the morning and sports in the evening. Students are taught drill and shooting.
Commandants and their tenure start dates are:
King George Royal Indian Military School Period | |
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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, A.E.C | 07-August-1987 |
Brig . Maqsud-ul-Hassan, SI(M) , TI(M), | 12-October-1991. (The Legend) |
Brig.(Retd) Afzal Malik SI(M), TI(M) | August-1998–Present (The Ever Green) |
The college has produced five four-star generals of Pakistan Army, Air Force and Navy, namely former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Late), former Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan (late), former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza, former Vice Chief of Army Staff General Yusaf Khan, and the current Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
College has more than 30 Swords of Honour, and many gallantry medals including one Nishan-e-Haider Major Muhammad Akram. Some of the notable civil names are former chairman of Sui Northern Gas Raja Abdul Wahid, Senator Malik Hayat, Federal Ministers Major (R) Sadiq and Major (R) Tahir Iqbal, civil servants Secretary Interior Ch. Qamar Zaman, Taj Muhammad Khattak and Saleem Akhtar Kiyani.