# 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 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 1990s. However, later this decision was reversed.

## List of Commandants

Commandants and their tenure start dates are:
King George Royal Indian Military School Period :
| Capt. W.L. Clark, AEC | 15 September 1925 |
| Capt. H.H. Clark, AEC | 24 August 1930 |
| 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 |
| Maj. Aurangzeb Khan, Baloch | 22 August 1947 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

## 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, ex IG FC South Balochistan