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{{Short description|Military school and cadet corps in British India}}
The '''Imperial Cadet Corps''' (1901-1917) was a [[cadet corps]] or [[military school]] and was founded exclusively to give officer training to the princes and gentlemen of [[British India]]. It was founded in November 1901 under the direct surveillance of [[Lord Curzon]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh (Brig.) |first1=M. P. |title=History of the Indian Military Academy |date=2007 |publisher=Unistar Books |isbn=978-81-89899-56-1 |pages=11–12 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/History_of_the_Indian_Military_Academy/13zeKysRC2AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=imperial+cadet+corps+founded+MEERUT&pg=PA11&printsec=frontcover |access-date=21 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> at [[Meerut]] and [[Dehradun]]. Major D. H. Cameroon was made its first commandant and [[Maharaja]] [[Pratap Singh of Idar]] was made its Honorary commandant. The youths between 17 and 20 years were selected and admitted as Imperial Cadets and their education was to be at any one of the Chief's college at [[Rajkot]], [[Indore]], [[Lahore]], [[Ajmer]] or [[Raipur]]. The selected cadets had to join the corps at [[Meerut]] or [[Dehradun]]. Though the ICC failed in course of time and was closed in 1917. It nevertheless established the precedent for the officer training of Indians in India, which resulted in founding of [[Indian Military Academy]] at Dehradun in 1932.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Journal of Military History (J Mil Hist) |date=2013 |pages=41–70 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291229122 |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dr Chandar S Sundaram |title=The Imperial Cadet Corps and Indianisation of the Indian Army's Officer Corps, 1897-1923: A Brief Survey |date=2009 |url=https://usiofindia.org/publication/usi-journal/the-imperial-cadet-corps-and-indianisation-of-the-indian-armys-officer-corps-1897-1923-a-brief-survey-2/ |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gktoday.in/topic/imperial-cadet-corps-1904/|title=Imperial Cadet Corps 1904 - GKToday}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
*[[Maharaja]] [[Pratap Singh of Idar]]<ref name=x>{{cite book |title=The Indian Year Book |date=1939 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Indian_Year_Book/NEIdAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=imperial+cadet+corps&dq=imperial+cadet+corps&printsec=frontcover |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Sajjan Singh of Ratlam|Maharajah Shrimant Sir Sajjan Singh of Ratlam]]<ref name=x/>
*Major General Thakur Amar Singh of Kanota<ref name=x/>
*[[Vijayasinhji Chhatrasinhji|
Maharana Shri Sir Vijayasinhji Chhatrasinhji, Maharaja of Rajpipla]]<ref name=x/>
*Maharawal Sir Shri Ranjitsimhji Mansimhji of Baria<ref name=x/>

==References==
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[[Category:Military academies]]
[[Category:Military education and training in India]]
[[Category:Military academies of India]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1901]]
[[Category:1901 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1917 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 1917]]
[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:Schools in Dehradun]]

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