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Balachadi
Balachadi is a village in Jodiya Taluka of Jamnagar district, Gujarat, India. It is 25 kilometres east of Jamnagar, near the Gulf of Kutch. History During the British period, Balachari belonged to the Hadiana sub-division of the Jodiya ''pargana'' under Nawanagar State. The Balachadi Estate was formerly a seaside summer resort that belonged to the rulers of Nawanagar. The estate comprises 426 acres of land. There was a campsite for Polish refugee children of World War II, built by K. S. Digvijaysinhji, Jam Saheb Maharaja of Nawanagar in 1942, near his summer resort. He gave refuge to hundreds of Polish children rescued from Soviet concentration camps. The campsite is now part of the Sainik School. There were other bigger Polish settlements in India at the time in areas such as Valivade and Panchgani in Maharashtra. Valivade was the largest settlement of Polish citizens In India during the war. The Sainik School, Balachadi is the only Sainik School of Gujarat. It was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainik School, Balachadi
The Sainik School, Balachadi, in Jamnagar, Gujarat, is one of the leading Sainik Schools in the chain of Sainik Schools. It is one of the outstanding boarding schools for public education in Gujarat. It was established in July 1961 by the then Honorable Minister of Home Affairs, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri. It is an elite English medium, fully residential boarding school for boys and girls, providing premium public education, with a military bias, up to 10+2 stage, as per the Central Board of Secondary Education. Sainik Schools were a dream conceived by V K Krishna Menon, the then Defense Minister of India. The schools are run by the Government of India and managed by the Sainik School Society under the Government of India. The chain of Sainik Schools in India was established with the prime focus of strengthening the Armed Forces, the All India Civil Services IAS and the IPS, besides other fields of public service. Location The school is from Jamnagar, alongside a coastal area i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainik School
The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society under Ministry of Defence (MoD). They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the regional and class imbalance amongst the Officer cadre of the Indian Military, and to prepare students mentally and physically for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA). Sainik Schools, along with 1 RIMC and 5 RMS (Rashtriya Military Schools), contribute 25% to 30% officer cadets to NDA and INA. As of 2021, there were 33 Sainik Schools, and MoD will establish 100 more boarding Sainik Schools in public–private partnership (PPP) mode. MoD run Sainik Schools as joint venture with the respective state governments. MoD provides annual funding, and serving officers in the key roles such as Principal. State governments provide the land, infrastructure, and other teaching and administrative employees. Sainik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial Pillar (Valivade)
The Memorial Pillar located in Valivade (a village near Kolhapur, India) is in memory of over 5000 Polish refugees who escaped to India during World War II and were given shelter in the area. Poland''s Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz unveiled the pillar on 14 September 2019. Background The first group of refugees had arrived in Valivade on 11 June 1943 and stayed till 1948. Whereas in 1948, many Poles returned to their homeland, a few stayed back. Valivade was the largest settlement of Polish citizens In India during the war. There were other smaller Polish settlements in India at the time in areas such as Balachadi and Panchgani which offered settlement mainly due to the hospitality of Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar State Nawanagar was an Indian princely state in the historical Halar region, located on the southern shores of the Gulf of Kutch. It was ruled by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty and became the part of newly formed India. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
