The following is a list of some of the prominent alumni of

Rashtriya Indian Military College The Rashtriya Indian Military College (abbreviated RIMC; formerly known as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College) is a military school for boys and girls situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The RIMC is a feeder institution for ...

, Dehradun,

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. All students who graduate from this school are called Rimcollians.

Chief of Army Staff

*General K.S. Thimayya *General G.G. Bewoor *General Vishwa Nath Sharma *General

Sundararajan Padmanabhan General Sundararajan Padmanabhan PVSM, AVSM, VSM (born 5 December 1940 in Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 u ...

*General

Gul Hasan Gul Hassan Khan ( ur, گل حسن خان) (1921; b. 1921—10 October 1999), was a Pakistan Army senior general who served as the 6th and the last Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army, serving under President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from 20 Decem ...

, Commander-in-Chief,

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Army

Chief of Air Staff

*Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri *Air Marshal

Asghar Khan Air Marshal Muhammad Asghar Khan (Retd.) ( ur, 17 January 1921 – 5 January 2018), was a Pakistani politician and an autobiographer, later a dissident serving the cause of pacifism, peace, and human rights. Born into a military fam ...

, PAF *Air Marshal Nur Khan, PAF *Air Chief Marshal

Birender Singh Dhanoa Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM, ADC is an Indian air force officer who was the 22nd Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force and served from 31 December 2016 to 30 September 2019. Dhanoa also served as the ...

Vice Chief of Army Staff

*Lt General S. K. Singh,

PVSM Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (IAST: ) is a military award of India. It was constituted in 1960 and since then it is awarded in recognition to peace-time service of the most exceptional order and may be awarded posthumously. All ranks of the ...

, UYSM, AVSM, ADC & Administrative Member, Armed Forces Tribunal *Lt General

Chandi Prasad Mohanty Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army. He was the 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff and assumed office on 1 February 2021 following the superannuation of Satinder Kumar Saini. He was previously ...

PVSM,AVSM,SM,VSM is a General Officer in the Indian Army.

Vice Chief of Air Staff

*Air Marshal Vinod Patney, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, ADC, Ex-VCAS & Ex-AOC-in-C Western Air Command

GOC-in-C & GOC

*Lt. General

Premindra Singh Bhagat Lieutenant General Premindra Singh Bhagat, PVSM, VC (14 October 1918 – 23 May 1975) was a general in the Indian Army and an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy ...

, PVSM, VC, GOC-in-C Central Command *Lt. General K.P. Candeth, GOC-in-C Western Command, Famous as the liberator of

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*Lt. General

Joginder Singh Dhillon Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon (19 November 1914–20 November 2003) was an officer in the British Indian Army and then the Indian Army. Dhillon Born in Jat Sikh Family. He was the first Army Officer to be awarded the Padma Bhushan, g ...

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, GOC-in-C Central Command *Lt. General

, AVSM, SM, VSM. *Lt. General Bikram Singh, GOC

XV Corps 15th Corps, Fifteenth Corps, or XV Corps may refer to: *XV Corps (British India) * XV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * 15th Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I *XV Royal Bav ...

killed in the

1963 Poonch Indian Air Force helicopter crash On Friday, 22 November 1963, an Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed in Poonch district enroute to Poonch town, killing all six people on board. Six distinguished officers of the Indian Armed Forces were on board, ...

*Lt.General Khwaja Wasiuddin.HPK.SPK Commander II Corps. Pakistan Army.

Adjutant General

*Major General

Hira Lal Atal Hira Lal Atal (26 January 1905 – 23 January 1985) was an Indian soldier in the British Indian Army from 1925 until 1947 and the Indian Army from 1947. He became a Major General and the first indigenous Adjutant General of independent India ...

*Lt. General M.M. Lakhera, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Ex - Governor of Mizoram, Ex- Lt. Governor of Pondicherry, & Ex- Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands (additional charge). *Major General

Karam Singh Subedar and Honorary Captain Karam Singh PVC, MM (15 September 1915 – 20 January 1993), an Indian soldier, was a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest award for gallantry. Singh joined the army in 1941, and took pa ...

, PVSM, SM, Dy Adjutant General

Engineer-in-Chief

*Lt General

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Lieutenant General Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan ( ; born 23 December 1920 – 26 January 2016) was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, military figure, pacifist, linguist, and a retired general in the Pakistani Army. Born into an Indian nobility ...

(Pakistan Army)

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IMA

*Lt Gen M.A. Zaki *Lt Gen

Manvendra Singh Colonel Manvendra Singh Jasol (born 19 May 1964) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He joined Congress on 17 October 2018. He was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004-2009 representing the B ...

, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Ex- GOC 5 Mtn Div & Ex-GOC Delhi Area)

Indian National Army

*Maj General

Jaganath Rao Bhonsle Major General Jaganath Rao Bhonsle, also known as Jagannathrao Krishnarao BhonsleOctober 1939 Indian Army List (20 April 1906 – 14 May 1963) was an Indian military officer, independence activist, and politician. As a member of the Indian Na ...

* Burhan-ud-Din *Maj General Shah Nawaz Khan

Gallantry awards

Victoria Cross

*Lt Gen

, VC

Param Vir Chakra

* Major Somnath Sharma

Vir Chakra

*Lt Gen M.A. Zaki *Major Chandrakant Singh

Civilian awards

Padma Vibhushan

*General K.S. Thimayya

Padma Bhushan

* K.P. Candeth *

Gopal Gurunath Bewoor General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor PVSM PB (11 August 1916 – 24 October 1989), was a senior officer of the Indian Army who served as the 8th Chief of Army Staff, and later an Indian diplomat to Denmark. In a long service spanning four decades, G ...

Padma Shri

*Lt General M.A. Zaki *Lt General K.P. Candeth

Sports

Ritwik Bhattacharya Ritwik Bhattacharya (born 14 October 1979 in Pathankot) is a squash player from India. The flag bearer of Indian Squash on Professional Squash Association tour rock was the first of the accomplished junior players who brought great momentum in ...

, a world top 50

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player

Ministers

*Maj General Shah Nawaz Khan, Minister of Railways, Central Government *Maj General

J.K. Bhonsle Major General Jaganath Rao Bhonsle, also known as Jagannathrao Krishnarao BhonsleOctober 1939 Indian Army List (20 April 1906 – 14 May 1963) was an Indian military officer, independence activist, and politician. As a member of the Indian Nat ...

, Minister of Rehabilitation, Central Government *

, Foreign Minister,

Naseerullah Babar Major-General Naseerullah Khan Babar (Urdu: نصیر اللہ خان بابر; born 1928 – 10 January 2011) was a Pakistani army officer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 28th Interior Minister of Pakistan from 1993 to 1996. A membe ...

, Interior Minister,

Diplomats and Civil servants

* Shaharyar Khan, Foreign Secretary, Head of Pakistan's Diplomatic Corps * Ashwani Kumar, Former Director CBI, Governor of Nagaland (21 March 2013 – 27 June 2014) * Rajiv Ratan, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Telangana State * Lt Gen MM Lakhera, Lt Governor Puducherry and Governor of Mizoram, PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Authors and Academicians

* Maj Gen Ashok Mehta, Author & Commentator * Maj Gen

Dipankar Banerjee Dipankar Banerjee is a retired major general of the Indian Army based in India. He is the founding director of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (based in Indian capital New Delhi). Military career Gen Bannerjee is an alumnus of the p ...

, Author & Commentator

References

*Where Gallantry is Tradition: Saga of Rashtriya Indian Military College, By Bikram Singh, Sidharth Mishra, Contributor Rashtriya Indian Military College, Published 1997 by Allied Publishers, Military education, 232 pages, {{ISBN, 81-7023-649-5