The following is a list of some of the prominent alumni of

Rashtriya Indian Military College The Rashtriya Indian Military College (abbreviated RIMC; formerly known as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College) () is a military school for boys situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The RIMC is a feeder institution for the Nation ...

Dehradun Dehradun (), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, d ...

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. All students who graduate from this school are called Rimcollians.

Chief of Army Staff

*General K.S. Thimayya *General G.G. Bewoor *General

Vishwa Nath Sharma General Vishwa Nath Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (born 4 June 1930) was the 14th Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army, serving between 1988 and 1990. He was the first Indian COAS to have begun his career in the post-Independence Indian Army. ...

*General

Sundararajan Padmanabhan General Sundararajan Padmanabhan PVSM, AVSM, VSM (5 December 1940 – 18 August 2024) was a General Officer of the Indian Army. He served as the 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. General Padmanabhan succeeded General V.P. Malik on ...

*General

Gul Hasan Gul Hassan Khan (9 June 1921 – 10 October 1999) known secretly as ''George'', was a Pakistani former three-star rank general and diplomat who served as the sixth and last Commander in Chief (Pakistan), Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army ...

, Commander-in-Chief,

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

Army

Chief of Air Staff

*Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri *Air Marshal

Asghar Khan Mohammad Asghar Khan (17 January 1921 – 5 January 2018) known as ''Night Flyer,'' held the distinction of being the first native and second C-in-C of the PAF, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from 1957 to 1965. He has been d ...

, PAF *Air Marshal

Nur Khan Nur Khan (22 February 192315 December 2011) was a Pakistan Air Force officer, politician and statesman who served as sixth commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Air Force from 1965 to 1969. He later served as the sixth governor of West Pakistan ...

, PAF *Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa

Vice Chief of Army Staff

*Lt General S. K. Singh,

PVSM Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) is a Military awards and decorations, military award of India. It is the highest peacetime medal of the Indian Armed Forces, and is awarded for "dist ...

, UYSM, AVSM, ADC & Administrative Member, Armed Forces Tribunal *Lt General

Chandi Prasad Mohanty Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army. He was the 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff and assumed office on 1 February 2021, following the retirement of Satinder Kumar Saini. He was previously ...

PVSM,AVSM,SM,VSM is a General Officer in the Indian Army.

Vice Chief of Air Staff

*Air Marshal

Vinod Patney Air Marshal Vinod Patney, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VrC is a retired Indian Air Force officer. He is currently Director General Centre for Air Power Studies. Career Patney was commissioned in Indian Air Force in 1961. He has participated in conflict ...

, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, ADC, Ex-VCAS & Ex-AOC-in-C Western Air Command

GOC-in-C & GOC

*Lt. General

Premindra Singh Bhagat Lieutenant General Premindra Singh Bhagat, PVSM, VC (14 October 1918 – 23 May 1975) was a general in the Indian Army and an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy ...

, PVSM, VC, GOC-in-C Central Command *Lt. General K.P. Candeth, GOC-in-C Western Command, Famous as the liberator of

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*Lt. General

Joginder Singh Dhillon Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon (19 November 1914 – 20 November 2003) was an Indian military officer and the first recipient from the military to be awarded India's third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, for his role in th ...

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...

, GOC-in-C Central Command *Lt. General

, AVSM, SM, VSM. *Lt. General Bikram Singh, GOC XV Corps killed in the

1963 Poonch Indian Air Force helicopter crash On Friday, 22 November 1963, an Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed in Poonch district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The aircraft was en route to Poonch town, killing a ...

*Lt.General Khwaja Wasiuddin.HPK.SPK Commander II Corps. Pakistan Army. *

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Nav Kumar Khanduri

AVSM Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM, ) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime ...

, VSM

AOC-in-C & AOC

*Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh,

, VM, ADC, AOC-in-C

Western Air Command The Western Air Command (WAC) is the regional command of Indian Air Force headquartered in New Delhi. It is the largest and most important Air Command of the IAF, comprising sixteen Air Force Bases (AFBs), and is responsible for aerial defence of ...

and Southern Air Command

Adjutant General

*Major General

Hira Lal Atal Major General Hira Lal Atal (26 January 1905 – 23 January 1985) was an Indian Army officer in the British Indian Army from 1925 until 1947 and the Indian Army from 1947. He became the first indigenous Adjutant General of independent India ...

*Lt. General M.M. Lakhera, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Ex - Governor of Mizoram, Ex- Lt. Governor of Pondicherry, & Ex- Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands (additional charge). *Major General

Karam Singh Subedar and Honorary Captain Karam Singh PVC, MM (15 September 1915 – 20 January 1993) was an Indian soldier and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest award for gallantry. Singh joined the army in 1941, and took ...

, PVSM, SM, Dy Adjutant General

Engineer-in-Chief

*Lt General

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Sahabzada Mohammad Yaqub Ali Khan ( ; 23 December 1920 – 26 January 2016) was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, military figure, linguist, and a retired general in the Pakistani Army. After the Partition of India in 1947, he opted for Pa ...

(Pakistan Army)

Commandant Commandant ( or ; ) is a title often given to the officer in charge of a military (or other uniformed service) training establishment or academy. This usage is common in English-speaking nations. In some countries it may be a military or police ...

IMA IMA or Ima may refer to: Education * Indian Military Academy, Dehradun * Instituto Miguel Ángel, a school in Mexico City Galleries and museums * Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, US * Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France * Islamic Mus ...

*Lt Gen M.A. Zaki *Lt Gen

Manvendra Singh Manvendra Singh Jasol is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004-2009 representing the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan. Early life Colonel Manv ...

, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Ex- GOC 5 Mtn Div & Ex-GOC Delhi Area)

Indian National Army The Indian National Army (INA, sometimes Second INA; ''Azad Hind Fauj'' ; 'Free Indian Army') was a Empire of Japan, Japanese-allied and -supported armed force constituted in Southeast Asia during World War II and led by Indian Nationalism#An ...

*Maj General Jaganath Rao Bhonsle * Burhan-ud-Din *Maj General

Shah Nawaz Khan Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Per ...

Gallantry awards

Victoria Cross

*Lt Gen

, VC

Distinguished Service Order

* Gen

Kodandera Subayya Thimayya General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya (31 March 1906 – 18 December 1965) was the 3rd Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1957 to 1961 during the crucial years leading up to the conflict with China in 1962. Thimayya was the only India ...

, DSO * Maj Gen

Thakur Mahadeo Singh Major General Thakur Mahadeo Singh, DSO (9 November 1907 – 8 July 1963) was an Indian military officer who was the first Indian Commandant of the Indian Military Academy and the first Commandant of the Joint Services Wing, the precursor to ...

, DSO * Brig Vidya Dhar Jayal, DSO

Param Vir Chakra

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Somnath Sharma Somnath Sharma, Param Vir Chakra, PVC (31 January 1923 – 3 November 1947), was an Indian military officer and the first recipient of India's highest military decoration, Param Vir Chakra (PVC), which he was awarded posthumously. Sharma was ...

Vir Chakra

*Lt Gen M.A. Zaki

Civilian awards

Padma Vibhushan

*General K.S. Thimayya

Padma Bhushan

* K.P. Candeth * Gopal Gurunath Bewoor

Padma Shri

*Lt General M.A. Zaki *Lt General K.P. Candeth

Sports

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, a world top 50

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player

Ministers

*Maj General

, Minister of Railways, Central Government *Maj General J.K. Bhonsle, Minister of Rehabilitation, Central Government *

, Foreign Minister,

Naseerullah Babar Naseerullah Khan Babar (Urdu: نصیر اللہ خان بابر; born 1928 – 10 January 2011) was a Pakistani army officer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 28th Interior Minister of Pakistan from 1993 to 1996. A member of the Paki ...

, Interior Minister,

Diplomats and Civil servants

Shaharyar Khan Shahryar Mohammad Khan (; 29 March 1934 – 23 March 2024) was a Pakistani career diplomat who became Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1990, and remained so until his retirement from service in 1994. He later served as United Nations Special Re ...

, Foreign Secretary, Head of Pakistan's Diplomatic Corps * Ashwani Kumar, Former Director CBI, Governor of Nagaland (21 March 2013 – 27 June 2014) *

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, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Telangana State * Lt Gen MM Lakhera, Lt Governor Puducherry and Governor of Mizoram, PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Authors and Academics

* Maj Gen

Ashok Mehta Ashok Mehta (1946/47 – 15 August 2012) was an Indian film cinematographer, known for films such as '' Bandit Queen'' (1994), '' 36 Chowringhee Lane'' (1981) and '' Utsav'' (1984). He won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography twice, ...

, Author & Commentator * Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee, Author & Commentator

References

*Where Gallantry is Tradition: Saga of Rashtriya Indian Military College, By Bikram Singh, Sidharth Mishra, Contributor Rashtriya Indian Military College, Published 1997 by Allied Publishers, Military education, 232 pages, {{ISBN, 81-7023-649-5