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Military College Jhelum
Military College Jhelum
Location
	Sarai Alamgir, Punjab; Pakistan
Information
Type	Military College
Motto	Knowledge and Action ݝڶݥ ۇ ݝݥڶ
Established	3 March 1922
Faculty	65
Grades	8th – 12th(ICS/Pre-Eng/Pre-Med)
Number of students	~600
Houses	7
Color(s)	Dark green
Mascot	Alamgirians
Website	militarycollege.edu.pk

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.^[1]^[2]

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 left bank of River Jhelum. Due to its proximity to city of Jhelum and because original Jhelum was on Sarai Alamgir side, 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 1990s. However, later this decision was reversed.

List of Commandants

Commandants and their tenure start dates are:^[3]

King George Royal Indian Military School Period
Capt. W.L. Clark, AEC	15 September 1925
Capt. H.H. Clark, AEC	24 August 1930^[3]
Maj. W.P. Selbie, MC, AEC	9 April 1933
Lt. Col. T.H.L. Stebbing, AEC	14 May 1937
King George Royal Indian Military College Period
Lt.Col. T.H.L. Stebbing, AEC	1943^[3]
Maj. Aurangzeb Khan, Baloch	22 August 1947^[3]
Lt.Col. S.F.H. Zaidi, A.S.C.	24 February 1948
Lt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq, Punjab	1 July 1952
Lt.Col. Sultan Sikandar, Punjab	28 April 1953
Lt.Col. H.L. Edwards, AEC	9 July 1954^[3]
Lt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq, Punjab	18 October 1955
Military College Jhelum Period
Lt.Col. Muhammad Rafiq, Punjab	23 March 1956
Lt.Col. Muhammad Sardar Khan, AEC	3 May 1959
Lt.Col. Murtaza Hussain Khan, AEC	15 May 1967^[3]
Lt.Col. Pervaiz Sikandar,	22 June 1969
Lt.Col. S.A. Qureshi, AEC	31 December 1969
Col. N.D. Ahmed,	28 October 1970
Col. Muhammad Zahur-ul-Haq,	29 April 1974
Col. Muhammad Ikram Ameen,	15 June 1977
Col. Muhammad Said Khokahar,	23 August 1978
Col. Abdul Sattar, AEC	5 June 1980
Brig. Abdul Sattar,AEC	1 January 1981
Brig. Inayat-ur-Rehman Siddiqui,AEC	1 January 1983
Brig. Usman Shah, SI(M), Artillery	13 August 1984
Brig. Dr Noor-ul-Haq, A.E.C	7 August 1987
Brig. Maqsud-ul-Hassan, SI(M), TI(M), Punjab	12 October 1991
Brig.(Retd) Muhammad Afzal Malik SI(M), TI(M), Artillery	August 1998 – May 2013^[2]^[3]
Brig. Akhter Pervaiz SI(M),Artillery	May 2013 – August 2015
Brig. Ahmed Salman, Baloch	October 2015 –October 2018
Brig. Zahid Naseem Akbar, Punjab	8 October 2018 – 30 August 2019
Brig. Muhammad Saeed Anwar, SI(M), Artillery (44 SP)	5 September 2019 - 31 August 2022
Brig. Muhammad Ahmed Qureshi, Artillery	1 September 2022 - 14 October 2024^[3]

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 Gen (R) 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 Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Ex-Chief Of Army Staff Pakistan^[2]
Maj Gen Kamal Anwar Chaudry, IG FC South Balochistan
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