15 Pictures Of Indian Military Academy Will Motivate You To Join Army

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Join Indian Military Academy, Dehradun is a dream of every defence aspirants, they say IMA Dehradun is the most famous military training institute in Indian, not only that, many foreign cadets get their training in IMA and become good officers. We have collected few pictures of Indian Military Academy for the aspirants which will motivate them to achieve their dreams of join the elite IMA, Dehradun.

Indian Military Academy became functional from 01st October 1932. It is Situated 8 Kms onDehradun-Chakrata road and 3 kms beyond F.R.I., Dehradun. It is a premier training institute for Army Officers. The academy has the following places of tourist interest: Museum, Library, War Memorial, Arms and ammunition, Shooting demonstration room, FRIMS Golf Course(18 holes).

Officers Training Academy Gaya Course Details

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Aim and Scope of Course Officers Training Academy Gaya: To train and motivate Gentlemen Cadets to be professionally competent commissioned officers of the Indian Army and foster in them leadership, intellectual and character qualities committed to the values of duty, honour and selfless service to the Nation. The training is aimed at achieving optimum development of the intellectual, physical and moral qualities essential for leadership in the profession of arms. The training is carried out as per a diligent and systematic methodology aimed for all round development of the Gentlemen Cadets in all spheres. The training at the Academy inculcates qualities of patriotism, dynamism, integrity, initiative and understanding which are the very basis of leadership in war and peace.

Technical Entry Scheme (TES) and Special Commission Officer (SCO) Courses are being conducted in the Academy. The details are as under:-

Technical Entry Scheme (TES) Course

Total training is for five years which is conducted in two phases:-

Phase I. Basic Military Training of one year at OTA, Gaya. The training period would comprise a total of 46 weeks of training divided in two terms/ semesters. The duration of each term/ semester will be 23 weeks. A mid-term break of one week would be provided in each term and a term-break of three weeks would be provided at the end of the first term.
Phase II. Technical Training:-
- Pre-Commission Training. Three years (CME, Pune/ MCTE Mhow/ MCEME, Secunderabad) to include Young Officers Capsule of four weeks duration before Final Passing Out Parade and Commissioning of the Gentlemen Cadet at OTA,Gaya.
- Post Commission Training. One year (CME Pune/ MCTE Mhow/ MCEME, Secunderabad).

SCO Course

Total training for SCO Course is for one year during which the Gentlemen Cadets undergo Basic Military Training prior to their commission into various arms and services. The training would comprise a total of 46 weeks of training divided in two terms/ semesters. The duration of each term/ semester will be 23 weeks. A mid- term break of one week would be provided in each term and a break of three weeks would be provided at the end of the first term.

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Instant Enrolment Into The Indian Army As Soldier

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Indian army provides an opportunity to the following categories to join the Indian army instantly as a soldier. We have listed out these categories below with details. If you are coming under these categories, you are not required to go through any physical and written exam but you should have required age, educational qualification, physical and medical standards.

Instant enrolment is provided into the Army as Soldier (General Duty) to the following categories through respective Regiment / Corps Training Centres:

One son of a battle casualty.
One real brother of a battle casualty, when deceased was unmarried / did not have a male child.
One real brother of a battle casualty provided he gets married to the deceased widow who is issueless or has no male child.
One real brother of a battle casualty provided he gets married to the deceased widow who has a male child but who has not attained age for enrolment.
One real son of the battle casualty when the battle casualty has been invalidated out of service on medical ground.

The candidates should meet age, educational qualification, physical measurement and medical standards. The concessions as applicable to the sons of servicemen / ex-servicemen in physical measurement will also be given in such cases. They will not be put through any formal tests like Physical Fitness Test and written tests.

Height and Weight Required For Indian Army Technical Entry Scheme

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Height and Weight Required For Indian Army Technical Entry Scheme

Candidates who are applying for Technical entry scheme of Indian army also known as 10+2 TES will go through a medical checkup after a recommendation. Here are the details of height and weight required for a candidate to join Indian army through technical entry scheme (10+2 TES). A candidate recommended by the Services Selection Board will undergo a medical examination by a Board of Service Medical officers. Only those candidates will be admitted to the academy who are declared fit by the Medical board. The proceeding of the Medical Board are confidential and will not be divulged to anyone. However, the candidates declared unfit will be intimated by the president of the Medical Boards and the procedure for request for an Appeal Medical Board will also be intimated to the candidate. Candidates declared unfit during Appeal Med. Board will be intimated about the provision of Review Med. Board.

The candidates must be in good physical and mental health and free from any disease/disability which is likely to interfere with the efficient performance of duties.
There should be no evidence of weak constitution, bodily defects or underweight.
The minimum acceptable height is 152 cms. For Gorkhas and individuals belonging to hills of North Eastern regions of India, Garhwal and Kumaon, the minimum acceptable height will be 5cms. less. In case of candidates from Lakhadweep the minimum acceptable height can be reduced by 2 cms.

Height and Weight Required For Indian Army Technical Entry Scheme

A 10% departure from the average weight given in the Table above is to considered within normal limits. However, in individuals with heavy bones and broad built and as well as individuals with thin built otherwise healthy, this may be relaxed to some extent on merit.

NOTE: Height relaxation up to 2.5 cm. may be allowed where the Medical Board certifies that the candidate is likely to grow and come up to the required standard on completion of his training.

On account of lower age of candidate, a margin of upto 5.00 cm. in height, 2.5 cm. in leg length (minimum) and 1.0 cm sitting height (minimum) may be given provided it is certified by the Medical Board that the candidate is likely to grow and come upto the required standard on completion of his training.

Indian Army Recruitment Rally In Nov – Dec 2015

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Candidates can download the details of Indian army recruitment rally in November 2015 conducted by Indian army at Ambala / Rohtak, Jalandhar / Jammu, Jabalpur / Gwalior, Shillong / Rangapahar, IRO Delhi Cantt, RO (HQ) Jalandhar, Jabalpur / Mhow, Jaipur / Jodhpur, Chennai / Trichy, Lucknow / Bareilly and RO (HQ) Danapur. Indian army recruitment Rally in November 2015 will start from 1 Nov 2015 and end on 29 Nov 2015.

How To Apply For Indian Army Recruitment Rally

All candidates who are interested in taking part in Indian army recruitment rally are required to apply for Indian army recruitment rally online at www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. After applying online, you are required to follow instructions as given out and apply for the selected trade for which you are eligible.

Indian Army Recruitment Rally Physical Fitness Tests (PFT) :

1.6 km run for Endurance.
Pull Ups on Beam (Under Grip) for Strength.
9 feet Ditch for Courage.
Zig-Zag Balance for Agility.

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PVC Inspirations: Major Somnath Sharma

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Hello, Warriors! Major Somnath Sharma was the first to be awarded with the Param Vir Chakra. Born on 31^st January, 1923, Major Somnath Sharma had a rich military background while his father being a Major General in the Medical Corps of the Army.

His two brothers also hailed from the army- while one being Lt General, the other made it to being the Chief of the Army Staff from 1988-1990. Her sister was also a Major in the Indian Army.

During the Battle of Badgam, Somnath’s company was airlifted to Srinagar on 31 October 1947.

On 3 November 1947, Major Somnath Sharma’s D Company of 4 Kumaon was ordered on a fighting patrol to Badgam Village in the Kashmir Valley against a tribal Lashkar of 700 raiders who approached Badgam from the direction of Gulmarg. The company was soon surrounded by the enemy from three sides and sustained heavy casualties from the ensuing mortar bombardment. Somnath realized the importance of holding onto his position as both the city of Srinagar and the airport would be vulnerable if it were lost. Under heavy fire and outnumbered seven to one, he urged his company to fight bravely, often exposing himself to danger as he ran from post to post.

When heavy casualties adversely affected the firing power of his company, Major Sharma, with his left hand in plaster due to the last hockey match, took upon himself the task of filling the magazines and issuing them to men, operating light machine guns. While he was busy fighting the enemy, a mortar shell exploded on the ammunition near him. His last message to Brigade HQ received a few moments before he was killed was: “The enemies are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.”

For this selfless act of heroism, Major Somnath Sharma became the first ever PVC awardee in the Army. The citation for the Param Vir Chakra awarded to him read:

“CITATION

Maj Somnath Sharma

4 KUMAON (IC-521)

On 3 November 1947, Major Somnath Sharma’s company was ordered on a fighting patrol to Badgam in the Kashmir Valley. He reached his objective at first light on 3 November and took up a position south of Badgam at 1100 hours. The enemy, estimated at about 500 attacked his company position from three sides; the company began to sustain heavy casualties.

Fully realizing the gravity of the situation and the direct threat that would result to both the aerodrome and Srinagar via Hum Hom, Major Somnath Sharma urged his company to fight the enemy tenaciously. With extreme bravery he kept rushing across the open ground to his sections exposing himself to heavy and accurate fire to urge them to hold on.

Keeping his nerve, he skillfully directed the fire of his sections into the ever-advancing enemy. He repeatedly exposed himself to the full fury of enemy fire and laid out cloth strips to guide our aircraft onto their targets in full view of the enemy.

Realising that casualties had affected the effectiveness of his light automatics, this officer whose left hand was in plaster, personally commenced filling magazines and issuing them to the light machine gunners. A mortar shell landed right in the middle of the ammunition resulting in an explosion that killed him.

Major Sharma’s company held on to list position and the remnants withdrew only when almost completely surrounded. His inspiring example resulted in the enemy being delayed for six hours, thus gaining time for our reinforcements to get into position at Hum Hom to stem the tide of the enemy advance.

His leadership, gallantry and tenacious defense were such that his men were inspired to fight the enemy by seven to one, six hours after this gallant officer had been killed.

He has set an example of courage and qualities seldom equaled in the history of the Indian Army. His last message to the Brigade Headquarters a few moments before he was killed was, ‘the enemy are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to the last man and the last round.’ “

Three days later, Sharma’s body was recovered. Though mutilated beyond recognition, a few pages of the Gita that he always kept in his breast pocket and the empty leather holster of Tewari’s pistol helped to identify the body. The pistol was gone.

During the last chat with his friend before flying to Kashmir, Somnath had joked that either he would die and win the Victoria Cross or become the army chief. It is his younger brother V N Sharma who in 1988 became chief of army staff.

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PVC Inspirations: Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey

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Hello, Warriors! A very popular name in the PVC history, Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey was an officer in the elite Gorkha Regiment of the Indian Army. At a time when everyone starts preparing for their career, young officers like Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey chose to do their bit for the motherland.

As Colonel Lalit Rai, Commanding Officer of 1/11 Gorkha Rifles, was narrating the gallantry act of Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey during the Kargil war to the young cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA) earlier in 2004, a portrait of Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, who was posthumously decorated with the Param Vir Chakra, the highest gallantry award, was unveiled by his parents in the Mike Squadron of the academy. Just imagine how proud it feels!

The hall in the Squadron was filled with emotion as Rai, a Vir Chakra awardee, recounted the epic battle of Kargil and Capt. Manoj’s will to fight and indomitable spirit in capturing the Khalubar Hills on the night of July 2-3, 1999. “Even in their death, there was glory, because their rifles were pointing towards the enemy bunkers, which were empty by then and the frozen fingers squeezing the triggers. Capt. Manoj Pandey was one among those brave men,” he recalled.

Manoj, an alumni of the 90th course of the NDA, was commissioned into the 1/11 Gorkha Rifles in June 1997. In Operation Vijay, Capt. Manoj (then lieutenant) was the platoon commander during the advance to Khalubar in the Batalik sector.

He led his men to recapture the Jubar Top, a feature of great operational importance. But his finest hour was in the capture of Khalubar in the early morning hours of July 3, 1999. The battalion’s progress on to its final objective was halted by a determined enemy firmly entrenched on commanding heights. Pandey stepped forward to take on the mission. Displaying great courage, he surged ahead of his troops and charged at the enemy with a full throated battle cry through a hail of bullets.

Although wounded in the shoulder and leg, he pressed on his solitary charge with grim determination, till he captured from bunker to bunker. Unmindful of his grievous wounds, he rushed from bunker to bunker, urging his men on. Critically bleeding, he collapsed at the final bunker and finally succumbed to his injuries, but not before the last of the enemy had been annihilated. His last words were, ‘Na Chodnu’ (Don’t leave them).

The citation awarded to Capt Manoj Pandey read:

CITATION

(LIEUTENANT MANOJ KUMAR PANDEY)

Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey took part in a series of boldly led attacks during ‘operation Vijay ‘, forcing back the intruders with heavy losses in Battlik including the capture of Jaubar Top. On the night of 2/3 July 1999 during the advance to Khalubar as his platoon approached its final objective, it came under heavy and intense enemy fire from the surrounding heights. Lieutenant Pandey was tasked to clear the interfering enemy positions to prevent his battalion from getting day lighted, being in a vulnerable position. He quickly moved his platoon to an advantageous position under intense enemy fire, sent one section to clear the enemy positions from the right and himself proceeded to clear the enemy positions from the left. Fearlessly assaulting the first enemy position, he killed two enemy personnel and destroyed the second position by killing two more. He was injured on the shoulder and legs while clearing the third position. Undaunted and without caring for his grievous injuries, he continued to lead the assault on the fourth position urging his men and destroyed the same with a grenade, even as he got a fatal burst on his forehead. This singular daredevil act of Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey provided the critical firm base for the companies, which finally led to capture of Khalubar. The officer, however, succumbed to his injuries.

Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey, thus, displayed most conspicuous bravery, indomitable courage, outstanding leadership and devotion to duty and made the supreme sacrifice in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.

BrahMos: The World’s Fastest Cruise Missile In Operation

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Hello, Warriors! BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from on board guided missile destroyer INS Kochi off the western coast. The “successful” test culminated in the missile hitting the target successfully. The target was a decommissioned ship, Alleppey, in the Arabian sea.

The supersonic cruise missile is the fastest cruise missile in operation in the world.

The idea to develop an Indian cruise missile became crystallised after the 1991 Gulf War when the American Tomahawk cruise missiles crippled Iraq’s command and communication centres, leaving its armed forces exposed to air attacks. That a few hundred cruise missiles could isolate the 1.2 million-strong Iraqi military in the space of a few hours was a wake-up call for India’s defence planners. And hence, BrahMos was born.

Here are the facts you need to know about BrahMos:

It travels at a speed of Mach 2.8 to 3.0. That means it propagates at about three times the speed of sound.
Named after two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia, the missile has been jointly developed by India and Russia’s DRDO and NPO Mashinostroeyenia respectively. It has been in service with the Indian Navy since 2005.
It can be launched from the air or the sea, either horizontally or vertically, which makes it very versatile and adaptable.
As the primary attack weapon, BrahMos will engage naval surface targets at long ranges very accurately.
It consists of an advanced guided system incorporating high manoeuvres and steep dive capabilities.
It has an air breathing ramjet propulsion which makes it fuel efficient and economical apart from making it supersonic.
The supersonic missile is capable of carrying conventional warheads of up to 300 kg for a range of 290 km.
The next generation of the missile, named BrahMos – II for the while will be able to fly at hypersonic speeds, at up to seven times the speed of sound, making it nearly impossible to halt.
Termed as universal missile for multiple platforms, it is to be fired and forgotten, having pinpoint accuracy and high lethal power.
A smaller version called Brahmos-NG, which was earlier called Brahmos-M, is also being made which is smaller, but is as fast and has the same range as that of BrahMos. As a result, fighter planes like Su-30 Mki and Mig-29K can carry more than one missile at the same time.

And the best part is that BrahMos is four times faster and is twice as heavier than US’ Tomahawk missile. BrahMos has 32 times the initial kinetic energy of a Tomahawk missile. India and Russia intend to make 2,000 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles over the next 10 years.

All You Need To Know About The 1971 War Crimes

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Hello, Warriors! The Indo-Pak war of 1971 led to the creation of a separate, independent country- Bangladesh. The war did last for a short time, but it saw many war crimes during its course, including raping of women and mass genocide.

Recently, the war crimes of the 1971 war were all over the headlines as the Bangladesh Supreme Court sentenced two opposition leaders to death for the war crimes committed during the war. Later this November, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh will decide the fate of Jamaat-e-Islami secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury.

Here’s what happened during that time:

During the nine-month-long Bangladesh war for independence, members of the Pakistani military and its alliance killed an estimated 3,00,000 to 30,00,000 people and raped between 2,00,000 to 4,00,000 Bangladeshi women in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape.

It all started with Operation Searchlight, a planned military pacification carried out by the Pakistan Army started on 25 March, 1971 to curb the Bengali nationalist movement by taking control of the major cities on March 26, and then eliminating all opposition, political or military, within one month.

Nobody knows exactly how many people were killed, but certainly a huge number of people lost their lives. Independent researchers think that between 3,00,000 and 5,00,000 died. The Bangladesh government puts the figure at three million.

In the first of many notorious war crimes, soldiers attacked Dhaka University, lining up and executing students and professors. Their campaign of terror then moved into the countryside, where they battled local troops who had mutinied.

The mass killings in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in 1971, like the annihilation of the Soviet POWs, the holocaust against the Jews, and the genocide in Rwanda, was one of the most concentrated act of genocide in the twentieth century. In an attempt to crush forces seeking independence for East Pakistan, the West Pakistani military regime unleashed a systematic campaign of mass murder which aimed at killing millions of Bengalis, and likely succeeded in doing so.

Death squads roamed the streets of Dhaka, killing some 7,000 people in a single night. Thousands of people were killed and women were raped during the nine month long Bangladesh war of independence. Younger men and adolescent boys, of whatever social class, were equally targets.

Even the Guinness Book of Records lists the Bangladesh Genocide as one of the top 5 genocides in the 20th century. During the war, Pakistan Army and its local collaborators, mainly Jamaat e Islami carried out a systematic execution of the leading Bengali intellectuals.

Recognized as one of the major occurrences of war crimes anywhere, the atrocities ended after surrender of the Pakistani military and supporting Bihari and Razaker militias. The war crimes officially ended on December 16, 1971.

The victims and their kin still wait for the justice to be served for the convicts.

INS Kalvari : The Beast In The Making

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Hello, Warriors! The Indian Navy’s strength has been continuously expanding with the commissioning of INS Kochi this year followed by INS Astradharini. The Navy will soon get a new scorpene class submarine later in 2016 which went on sea trials in late October this year. It is set to undergo sea trials before it is commissioned into the navy later in next year.

With this good news coming for all the aspirants, here are the 10 things that you need to know about the beast in the making:

INS Kalvari (meaning The Tiger Shark) the first of the six Scorpene submarines was, on 29^th October set into sea for pre-commissioning sea trials for 10 months at the Mazagaon Docks in Mumbai.

The six Scorpene submarines are being built by the state-run Mazgaon Docks Limitedor MDL in Mumbai in collaboration with DCNS of France in a $3.6 billion(Rs 20,000 crore approximately).

While four of the six would be conventional submarines, the last two would be equipped with air-independent propulsion system that enables vessels to stay underwater for longer duration.

The diesel-electric submarine weighs 1550 tonnes, is 6.2 meters in diameter and 67 metres long. It is likely to be commissioned in September 2016 after a year of sea trials.

30% of the equipment on the Kalvari is made in India giving a boost to PM Modi’s “Make in India” concept.

The Scorpene submarines would pack a potent punch. These would be equipped with anti-ship missiles and long-range guided torpedoes along with modern sensor suites.

The country’s first indigenously built nuclear submarine, INS Arihant will join the Naval fleet late next year.

Scorpene submarine is constructed from special steel and it can withstand high yield stress, it can withstand hydrostatic force of high magnitude and can dive deeper.

The new diesel electronic Scorpene submarines will be named as per the old Foxtrot class boats received from the Soviet which was decommissioned around 10 years ago; these were the first submarines of the Navy.

The remaining five vessels of Project 75 would be delivered by MDL to the Indian Navy by 2020 and would form the core of the Navy’s submarine arm for the next two decades.

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