Rashtriya Indian Military College to induct Girls cadets for first time in 100 years

15 Mar,22 1:56 pm
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Induction of Girls Cadets in RIMC: Rashtriya Indian Military College, for the first time in its history of 100-years, will induct girl cadets from July 2022.

Know as the "cradle of warriors", India's oldest military school, the Dehradun-based Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), turned a hundred years old on the 13th of March 2022.

Key Highlights:

  • RIMC Commandant Col Ajay Kumar revealed at the Rashtriya Indian Military College's Centennial Founder's Day Celebration, which was attended by over 500 alumni, that after the government opened the doors of the National Defence Academy (NDA) to women, RIMC has chosen to follow suit.
  • The institute will be admitting 5 girl students in July 2022.
  • The RIMC centenary celebrations in Dehradun witnessed the participation of Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh (Retd), former Indian Air Force Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa (retd) along with the Western Army Commander Lt Gen Nav Khanduri.
  • On the occasion, a postal stamp and a book titled ‘Bal- Vivek’, authored by cadets were also released. 

RIMC Admission:

  • Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) takes students from class VIII onwards.
  • The institution is regarded as a premier preparing ground for those aspiring to join the Indian armed forces.

About RIMC:

  • RIMC is the premier feeder institute for the prestigious National Defence Academy and Naval Academy, Ezhimala.
  • This military training institute, on the 13th of March 2022 was inaugurated by the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII.
  • This institute at that time aimed at educating and training the Indian youth as a part of the Indianization programme of the officer cadre of the British Indian Army. 
  • The institution has given India 6 Service Chiefs —
  1. General KS Thimayya,
  2. Gen GG Bewoor,
  3. Gen VN Sharma,
  4. Air Chief Marshal NC Suri,
  5. Gen S Padmanabhan,
  6. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, and

41 Army Commanders and equivalent and 163 in the rank of Lt. General.

  • The role played by RIMC pass outs from World War II to the Balakot Operations has been much appreciated, and the stuff of legends.

Note: Not only in India but many top-ranking officers from Pakistan and Bangladesh have graduated from the RIMC.

Pakistan's General Gul Hassankhan, the last Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army and two Pak Air chiefs, Air Marshal Asghar Khan and Air Marshal Nur Khan, have passed out from the intuition.

 

 


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