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Military College Jhelum or MCJ, is a Military high school, located at Sarai Alamgir

(Gujrat District

) near Jhelum

, Pakistan. Though it is phyically located in Gujrat District, but due to its very close proximity, it is associated with City of Jhelum

, and also it is considered to be in limit of Jhelum Cantonment

. 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.It was called as"Den of Lions" by Hafeez Jalandhri, Creator of National Anthem of Pakistan

History

Its foundation stone was laid on March 3, 1922 by the Prince of Wales. It was originally 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.

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.

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.The links to A.C.E. below are incorrect as the British Army personnel belonged to the Army Educational Corps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Educational_CorpsIn 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.

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 and due to the fact original Jhelum was actually on Sarai Alamgir side plus the historical reason of inclusion of sarai alamgir in district Jhelum before 1998, it is widely known as Military College Jhelum (MCJ).

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 field hockey, Cricket, Foot ball (soccer), Basket ball,Volleyball, Squash, Tennis and horse back riding. Personal fitness also include judo, karate, gymnastics, jogging and running. Physical training (PT), an original form of aerobics, in morning and sports in evening are conducted on compulsory daily basis. Students are also taught compulsory drill and shooting. Discipline and character is emphasized into a cadet's life. Students are prepared with a view to be the future military leaders of the country.

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, A.E.C	07-August-1987
Brig . Maqsud-ul-Hassan , SI(M) , TI(M),	12-October-1991
Brig. Afzal Malik SI(M), TI(M)	August-1998 - Present

Achievements

The college has produced 5 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.

In total, College has got more than 30 Swords of Honours, and many gallantry medals including one Nishan-e-Haider Major Muhammad Akram. Alamgirians have overwhelmed the civil sector as well. Some of the notable names are former chairman of Sui Northern Gas Raja Abdul Wahid, Senator Malik Hayat, and Federal Minister Major (R) Sadiq.

Army Top Brass

This is the list of all present and former flag officers of Pakistan Army.

Lt Gen (R) Rakhman Gul, Governor of Sindh
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Jamshaid, MC & Bar, GOC 36th Ad-Hoc Infantry Division, East Pakistan
Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Akbar Khan (Late), Commander V Corps, Karachi and DG Inter-Services Intelligence
Maj Gen (R) Khuda Dad Khan, Adjutant General, GHQ during Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Bashir Khan
Maj Gen (R) Mumtaz Ali, SJ & Bar
Maj Gen (R) Ghulam Muhammad,
General (R) Mohammad Iqbal Khan (Late), NI(M), SBt, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Iqbal, SBt, Commander XI Corps, Peshawar
Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Saadat Ali, SBt, Engineer-in-Chief, GHQ
Maj Gen (R) Sajjad Hussain, SBt
Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Safdar, SBt, Governor of Punjab and Chief of General Staff, GHQ
Lt Gen (R) Pir Dad Khan, DG Joint Staff, JS HQ, Chaklala
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Akram,
Lt Gen (R) R D Bhatti, Commander XI Corps, Peshawar
Maj Gen (R) Tariq Nizami (Late),
Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Ashraf, SBt, Commander IV Corps, Lahore
Lt Gen (R) Nazar Hussain, TBt, Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur and Commander, Army Air Defence Command and founder Cadet College Kallar Kahar
Maj Gen (R) Abdul Razzaq,
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Iqbal Khan,
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Mushtaq,
Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Naeem Akbar Khan, Commander XXX Corps, Gujranwala
Lt Gen (R) Khalid Nawaz Malik, Quarter-Master General, GHQ
Maj Gen (R) Mehboob Ul Muzzaffar, Surveyor General of Pakistan
Maj Gen (R) Zaheer Ahmed Khan, DG MVRDE, Wah Cantt and Chairman State Engineering Corporation
General (R) Muhammad Yusaf Khan, NI(M), Vice Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan Army
Maj Gen (R) Junaid Afzal Khan,
Maj Gen (R) Fazl-e-Elahi, DG EME
Maj Gen (R) Ghazanfar Ali Khan, GOC 41st Infantry Division, Quetta and Vice Chief of General Staff, GHQ
Maj Gen (R) Faheem Akhtar Khan, MD PASSCO
Maj Gen (R) Javed Aslam Tahir, SE, GOC Army Aviation, Rawalpindi
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Iqbal Akbar Khan,
Lt Gen (R) Ghulam Mustafa, Commander I Corps, Mangla and Commander Army Strategic Forces Command
Lt Gen (R) Imtiaz Shaheen, MD Mari Gas Company and Commander XI Corps, Peshawar
Lt Gen (R) Imtiaz Hussain, MD Army Welfare Trust and Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur
Maj Gen (R) Syed Ehtisham Zamir, Deputy DG ISI, Islamabad
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Masud ul Hassan Nuri, Commandant, Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC), Rawalpindi
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, HI, Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan Army
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 Javed Zia, Adjutant General, GHQ
Lt Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi, Commander IV Corps
Lt Gen Zahid Hussain, Quarter-Master General, GHQ
Maj Gen Hamid Mahmud, DG Special Communication Organization (SCO)
Maj Gen Nasir Mahmood, DG Army Aviation, GHQ
Maj Gen Noor Hussain, SBt, GOC 8th Infantry Division, Sialkot
Maj Gen Tariq Mehmood, Deputy DG ISI, Islamabad
Maj Gen Zahir Shah, Commandant Military College of Engineering, Risalpur
Maj Gen Abdul Aziz Tariq, GOC 18th Infantry Division, Hyderabad
Maj Gen Sajjad Ghani, GOC 19th Infantry Division, Mangla
Maj Gen Abid Pervaiz, GOC 6th Armoured Division, Kharian
Maj Gen Junaid Rehmat, DG Works and Chief Engineer, GHQ
Maj Gen Ghulam Dastgir, GOC 7th Infantry Division, Peshawar
Maj Gen Tahir Habib Siddiqui, GOC 6th Armoured Division
Maj Gen Javed Iqbal, DG Military Operations (DGMO), GHQ
Maj Gen Tariq Nadeem Gilani, Commandant, Armed Forces War College (AFWC) at NDU Islamabad.
Maj Gen Muhammad Azeem Asif, DG Engineers, GHQ