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16th February 2016, 09:47 AM
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National Defence Academy History of NDA
hii sir, I wants to know the History of the National Defence Academy? please provide me the berief history of the National Defence Academy?
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16th February 2016, 09:47 AM
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Re: National Defence Academy History of NDA
The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force History of NDA: After the independence of India in Aug. 1947, the Chiefs of Staff Committee immediately implemented the recommendations of the Auchinleck report. The committee initiated an action plan in late 1947 to commission a permanent defence academy and began the search for a suitable site. It also decided to set up an interim training academy, known as the Joint Services Wing (JSW), which was commissioned on 1 Jan. 1949 at the Armed Forces Academy (now known as the Indian Military Academy) in Dehradun. The foundation stone for the academy was laid by then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru on 6 Oct. 1949. The National Defence Academy was formally commissioned on 7 Dec. 1954, with an inauguration ceremony held on 16 Jan. 1955The JSW program was transferred from the IMA to the NDA. Academic: The NDA offers only a full-time, residential undergraduate programme. Cadets are awarded a Baccalaureate degree Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Technology Training: All the cadets joining the NDA after their 10+2 Examination are trained in the Academy for three years culminating in graduation with BA/BSc or BCs (Computer Science) degree of Jawaharlal Nehru University. |
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