The Indian Military Academy

In 1922, the Indian Military College was established outside of Dehradun by the Prince of Wales as a feeder school for Indians headed to theRoyal Military Academy at Sandhurst, England.

The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms enabled ten Indians to be sent to Sandhurst for training. Later the Round Table Conference in London in 1930 recommended the establishment of an Indian version of Sandhurst. The Government of British India set up a committee to work out the details under the chairmanship of Field Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode, then Commander-in-Chief, India. In July 1931, the committee recommended the setting up an academy for training forty entrants a term ( A term being for 6 months) . The break down of the entrants was 15 direct entrants, 15 from the ranks through Kitchener College, Nowgaon, and 10 from the Princely States.