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Coordinates: 32°53′48″N 73°45′29″E / 32.89667°N 73.75806°E
Military College Jhelum 
Knowledge and ActionLocation Sarai Alamgir, Punjab, Pakistan Information 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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History
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.
British instructors
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.
Location
Location
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).
Student life
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.
List of Commandants
Commandants and their tenure start dates are:
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, 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) Notable alumni
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.
- Maj Gen (R) Sajjad Hussain, SBt
- Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Safdar, SBt, Governor of Punjab and Chief of General Staff, GHQ
- Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Akram,
- Maj Gen (R) Abdul Razzaq[disambiguation needed
], - General (R) Muhammad Yusaf Khan, NI(M), Vice Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan Army
- Maj Gen (R) Ghazanfar Ali Khan, GOC 41st Infantry Division, Quetta and Vice Chief of General Staff, GHQ
- Lt Gen (R) Ghulam Mustafa, Commander I Corps, Mangla and Commander Army Strategic Forces Command
- Lt Gen (R) Syed Athar Ali, Secretary Defence and Commander V Corps, Karachi
- Lt Gen (R) Raza Muhammad Khan, Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur
- Lt Gen Zahid Hussain, Quarter-Master General, GHQ
- Maj Gen Tariq Mehmood, Deputy DG ISI, Islamabad
- Maj Gen Zahir Shah, Commandant Military College of Engineering, Risalpur
- Maj Gen Javed Iqbal, DG Military Operations (DGMO), GHQ
- Lt Gen (R) Nazar Hussain, founder Cadet College Kallar Kahar
- Gen Ashfaq Kiayani, Chief of Army Staff,
- Masood Ashraf Raja, English Professor, University of North Texas
- Lt.Faraz Malik(shaheed), Tamgha e Bisalat
See also
- Military College Sui
- Army Burn Hall College
- Cadet College Hasan Abdal
- Cadet College Kallar Kahar
- Cadet College Kohat
- Garrison Cadet College Kohat
- PAF Public School Sargodha
- Cadet College Petaro
- Cadet College Palandri
- Cadet College Skardu
- Pakistan Steel Cadet College
- Divisional Public School & College Faisalabad
References
External links
- New official website of MCJ
- *Military College Jhelum alumni website: (www.alamgirian.org)
- Military College Jhelum Alumni Website: (www.militarycollegejhelum.com)
- MCJ website (This website has been merged with official Alamgirian websites)
Cadet colleges in Pakistan Cadet College Hasan Abdal · Cadet College Petaro · Cadet College Kohat · Cadet College Razmak · Cadet College Lahore · Pakistan Steel Cadet College · Cadet College Mastung · Cadet College Larkana · Cadet College Sanghar · Cadet College Palandri · Cadet College Kallar Kahar · Cadet College Skardu · Cadet College Jhelum · Cadet College Jhang · Pakistan Cadet School and College, Murree · Cadet College Fateh Jang · Cadet College Kot Addu · Cadet College Sialkot ·Categories:- Cadet Colleges in Pakistan
- Military high schools
- Schools in Punjab (Pakistan)
- Military schools in India
- Jhelum
- Education in Jhelum
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