Military College Jhelum



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 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:

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
 * Maj Gen Kamal Anwar Chaudry, IG FC South Balochistan
 * 9184 DC Rayan