Military College Jhelum (MCJ) is a feeder college to the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, Pakistan. The college is one of three military colleges in Pakistan; the others being Military College Murree and Military College Sui.
History
The college's foundation stone was laid on 25 February 1922 by the Prince of Wales at Jalandhar Cantonment for the King George Royal Indian Military Schools (KGRIMS) at Jallandhar and Jhelum in Punjab. Regular classes at the college began on 15 September 1925. Jallandhar is now in the Indian state of Punjab but the school located there was relocated to the state of Himachal Pradesh after being renamed as the Chail Military School.
Location Military College Jhelum is located in the town of Sarai Alamgir in the district of Gujrat on the east bank of River Jhelum. Due to its proximity to city of Jhelum and because Sarai Alamgir once part of Jhelum District till 2002, it is widely known as Military College Jhelum and is considered to be in the cantonment limit of Jhelum.
It may be mentioned here that Sara-i-Alamgir Tehsil was separated from Gujrat district and included in Jhelum District in the 1990s. However, later this decision was reversed.
List of Commandants Commandants and their tenure start dates are:
King George Royal Indian Military School PeriodCapt. W.L. Clark, AEC 15 September 1925Capt. H.H. Clark, AEC24 August 1930Maj. W.P. Selbie, MC, AEC 9 April 1933Lt. Col. T.H.L. Stebbing, AEC 14 May 1937King George Royal Indian Military College PeriodLt.Col. T.H.L. Stebbing, AEC 1943Maj. Aurangzeb Khan, Baloch 22 August 1947Lt.Col. S.F.H. Zaidi, A.S.C. 24 February 1948Lt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq, Punjab 1 July 1952Lt.Col. Sultan Sikandar, Punjab 28 April 1953Lt.Col. H.L. Edwards, AEC 9 July 1954Lt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq, Punjab 18 October 1955Military College Jhelum PeriodLt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq, Punjab 23 March 1956Lt.Col. Muhammad Sardar Khan, AEC 3 May 1959Lt.Col. Murtaza Hussain Khan, AEC 15 May 1967Lt.Col. Pervaiz Sikandar, 22 June 1969Lt.Col. S.A. Qureshi, AEC 31 December 1969Col. N.D. Ahmed, 28 October 1970Col. Muhammad Zahur-ul-Haq, 29 April 1974Col. Muhammad Ikram Ameen, 15 June 1977Col. Muhammad Said Khokahar, 23 August 1978Col. Abdul Sattar, AEC5 June 1980Brig. Abdul Sattar, AEC 1 January 1981Brig. Inayat-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, AEC 1 January 1983Brig. Usman Shah, SI(M), Artillery13 August 1984Brig. Dr Noor-ul-Haq, A.E.C 7 August 1987Brig. Maqsud-ul-Hassan, SI(M), TI(M), Punjab12 October 1991Brig.(Retd) Muhammad Afzal Malik SI(M), TI(M), ArtilleryAugust 1998 – May 2013Brig. Akhter Pervaiz SI(M), ArtilleryMay 2013 – August 2015Brig. Ahmed Salman, BalochOctober 2015 –October 2018Brig. Zahid Naseem Akbar, Punjab8 October 2018 – 30 August 2019Brig. Muhammad Saeed Anwar, SI(M), Artillery (44 SP)5 September 2019 - 31 August 2022Brig. Muhammad Ahmed Qureshi, Artillery 1 September 2022 - 14 October 2024
Notable alumni
The college has produced five 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 former Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
College has 40 Swords of Honour, and many gallantry medals including one Nishan-e-Haider Major Muhammad Akram.
The senior notable military officers of the College Alumni include; Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Safdar, SBt, Governor of Punjab and Chief of General Staff, GHQ Lt General (R) Nazar Hussain, HI (M), Commander Army Air Defence Command Maj Muhammad Akram, Maj Gen (R) Ghazanfar Ali Khan, GOC 41st Infantry Division, Quetta and Vice Chief of General Staff, GHQ Lt Gen (R) Raza Muhammad Khan, Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur Maj Gen Tariq Mehmood, Deputy DG ISI, Islamabad Maj Gen Zahir Shah, Director General Survey of Pakistan Lt Gen Javed Iqbal, AG GHQ Masood Ashraf Raja, English Professor, University of North Texas Maj Gen Obaidullah Khan Gen (R) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Ex-Chief Of Army Staff Pakistan Maj Gen Kamal Anwar Chaudry, ex IG FC South Balochistan Maj Abdul Wahab, SJ TBt Lt Gen Fayyaz Hussain Shah HI(M), Commander IV Corps(Lahore) Lt Gen Zafar Iqbal ex Comd AADC Lt Gen Omer Ahmed Bokhari, CGS Lt Gen Rahat Naseem Khan, ex President NDU Lt Gen Inayat Hussain, CLS Lt Gen Hassan Khattak, QMG
Mentors Mentors are the instructors which served their time in Military College Jhelum. Some are listed below Prof.Saeed Rashid
See also Army Burn Hall College List of cadet colleges in Pakistan Military College Sui Cadet College Swat
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