The Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) was established in 1922 by the British Empire for training native Indian cadets for an entry into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to be trained as officers of the British Indian Army. The RIMC is a public school for boys situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The name of the school was Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College but it was re-named in 1947. His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, The Prince of Wales, inaugurated the school on the 13th of March, 1922, and the school was called the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College.
The RIMC is a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy, Indian Naval Academy and subsequently the Indian Armed Forces. Rimcollians, the name by which alumni of the RIMC are usually denoted, have gone on to hold the highest ranks in the Army, Navy and the Air Force of India and Pakistan.
The RIMC in 1922 was run on the lines of qn English public school - Wellock College, a feeder to Sandhurst. The 37 cadets forming the first batch were divided into three Houses, called Sections at the RIMC, known as Rawlinson, Roberts and Kitchener after the three Commander-in-Chiefs of India. Hira Lal Atal was appointed the first College Cadet Captain with Ali Asghar Khan, Tara Singh and Sheikh Hussain the first Section Commanders, or House Captains, of the three Sections. In 1948, the names of the three sections were changed to Pratap, Ranjit and Shivaji from Rawlinson, Roberts and Kitchener. The new names represented the three great Indian warriors Maharana Pratap, Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Chhatrapati Shivaji. Strength of the College increased significantly in 1960 and it was decided to keep the new entrants in a Holding Section to give them a chance to settle down.
Campus:
Nested in the foothills of the Shivalik ranges in the sylvan surroundings of the Doon Valley, the RIMC has a sprawling campus of 138 acres; an ideal setting green and serene for developing young minds. It houses a mint township, a mini India with 250 boys selected from every state strictly on merit by a written examination, interview and a medical test. The purpose of the school was to provide boys with suitable education and training to ensure a high success rate for the Indians being sent to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, as part of the Empire's policy to make the officer cadre of the Indian Army more indigenous. RIMC was thus intended as a feeder institution to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst along the lines of an English public school. The British believed that public school education was necessary for Indian boys to make them suitable for the discipline of Army life.
Facilities:
* Library
* Computer Centre
* Internet (Cyber Cafe)
* CSD
* STD Booth
* Cafe
* Bank
* Medical
Academic:
Rashtriya Indian Military College is perhaps the only institution in the country where exams for Class X and XII are conducted twice a year, in May and November. These exams/certifications are recognized by CBSE. College is administered by the Union Ministry of Defense, through the Directorate General of Military Training, Army. The College offers the science stream only at the +2 level. However, to prepare cadets for the UPSC examination for entry into NDA, social sciences are also taught. The curriculum requirements are exacting yet exciting in their variety. Every activity is objective based and precisely timed to mould future leaders.
Admission:
In college only 25 Cadets are admitted every six-month. Admissions are made to Class VIII only. Application forms are to be submitted to respective State governments. Candidates are selected on the basis of their performance in an All India Entrance Examination held twice a year comprising a written examination consisting of test papers in English (125 marks), Mathematics (200 marks) and General Knowledge (75 marks), successful candidates are called for Viva - Voce test (50 marks). Candidates admission to the College is bi-annual i.e., in January and July each year. Candidates (boys only) should not be less than 11 years of age but must not have attained the age of 13 years on 01 January (for the term commencing January) and 01 July (for the term commencing July).
Contact Us:
Rashtriya Indian Military College
Garhi Cantt, Dehradun - 248003
Uttaranchal
Ph : 0135 - 2752083 (09:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
Fax : 0135 - 2754260 (09:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
0135 - 2754260 (09:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
Email : rimcollege@yahoo.com
Website : www.rimc.org
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