Military College Jhelum (MCJ) is a feeder military Intermediate College, in

Sarai Alamgir Sarai Alamgir ( pnb, ) is the main town of Sarai Alamgir Tehsil, located in the Gujrat district in the north of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Sarai Alamgir is one of four tehsils of Gujrat district. Sarai Alamgir covers on the eastern ba ...

, Pakistan. Though it is physically located in

Gujrat District Gujrat (Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is bounded on the northeast by Mirpur, on the northwest by the River Jhelum, which separates it from Jhelum District, on the east and southeast by the Chenab Riv ...

, 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 Pakistan Military Academy ( ur, ), also referred to by its acronym PMA. PMA is an officers training school located near Kakul village in the city and district of Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa established in 1947. It is the sole service academy ...

Kakul Kakul (Kakol) is a village situated in the Tehsil and District Abbottabad, at an elevation of 1300 metres, 5 km northeast of center of Abbottabad city near the Thandiani Hills. Abbottabad is a District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Paki ...

. Military College Jhelum is one of three military colleges in Pakistan; the others being Military College Murree and

Military College Sui Military College Sui is a military school located in the town of Sui in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is owned and operated by the Pakistan Army and feeds the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul Kakul (Kakol) is a village situated in the ...

History

The college's foundation stone was laid on 25th February 1922 by the

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at Jalandhar Cantonment. for the King George Royal Indian Military Schools (KGRIMS) at the Jallandhar and Jhelum in

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi Language, Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also Romanization, romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the I ...

. Regular classes at the college began on 15 September 1925. Jallandhar is now in the Indian state of Punjab but the school was relocated to the state of

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after being renamed as the

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Location

Military College Jhelum is located in the district of Gujrat in the town of

. 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 Jhelum (Punjabi and ur, ) is a city on the east bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the district of Jhelum in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population. Jhelum is known for p ...

before 1998, it is widely known as Military College Jhelum (MCJ).

List of Commandants

Commandants and their tenure start dates are:

List of Deputy Commandants and Chief Instructors

Names of Deputy Commandants and Chief Instructors and their tenure dates are: British Army Service Records

List of Adjutants

Names of Adjutants and their tenure dates are:

Notable alumni

The college has produced five four-star generals of

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and

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, namely former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Late), former Chief of Air Staff

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Zulfiqar Ali Khan Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan (Urdu: ذوالفقار علی خان; 10 December 1930 – 8 March 2005) , was a four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and later a diplomat. He is noted as a first four-star air officer who co ...

(late), former Chief of Naval Staff

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Abdul Aziz Mirza, former Vice Chief of Army Staff General Yusaf Khan, and former Chief of Army Staff General

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. College has 40 Swords of Honour, and many gallantry medals including one Nishan-e-Haider Major

Muhammad Akram Major Muhammad Akram (; 4 April 1938 – 5 December 1971) was a military officer in the Pakistan Army who was cited with the Nishan-e-Haider posthumously after the military confrontation took place in railway station in Hilli, East-Pakist ...

. The senior notable military officers of the College Alumni include; * Lt Gen (R)

Muhammad Safdar Lt. General Muhammad Safdar (Punjabi and ur, ) (1 December 1936 - 26 April 2022) was the former Governor of Punjab, the largest province of Pakistan, having served from 1999 to 2001. He had previously also served as the Pakistani Amba ...

, SBt, Governor of Punjab and Chief of General Staff, GHQ * Lt General (R) Nazar Hussain, HI (M), Commander Army Air Defence Command * Maj Gen (R)

, * Maj Gen (R)

Ghazanfar Ali Khan Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Khokhar (16 August 1895 – 17 April 1963) was an Indian politician and monarch. He was born in Pind Dadan Khan, a town in Jhelum district, British India. He was a leading member of the All India Muslim League and a tr ...

, GOC 41st Infantry Division, Quetta and Vice Chief of General Staff, GHQ * Lt Gen (R) Raza Muhammad Khan, Commander XXXI Corps,

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* Maj Gen

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, Deputy DG ISI, Islamabad * Maj Gen

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, Director General Survey of Pakistan * Lt Gen Javed Iqbal, AG GHQ *

Masood Ashraf Raja Masood Ashraf Raja (Urdu: مسعود اشرف راجہ) is a Pakistani-born American writer. Previously, he was an associate professor of postcolonial literature and theory at the University of North Texas. He is also the editor of '' Pakistan ...

, English Professor, University of North Texas * Maj Gen Obaidullah Khan * Gen

, Ex-Chief Of Army Staff Pakistan * Maj Gen Kamal Anwar Chaudry, IG FC South Balochistan *9184 DC Rayan

References

External links

* {{Cadet Colleges in Pakistan Schools in Punjab, Pakistan Cadet colleges in Pakistan Military schools in India Jhelum Education in Jhelum Intermediate colleges in Pakistan 1922 establishments in India Pakistan Military Academy