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Karnal Sainik School a nursery of Gentlemen Cadets
Parveen Arora
Tribune News Service

Karnal, November 29
After 14 years, Sainik School, Kunjpura, has brought laurels to Karnal and Haryana by clinching the Raksha Mantri Trophy for sending the maximum number of cadets among the 25 Sainik Schools spread all over India to the National Defence Academy (NDA) in 2013-14.

The school has clinched the trophy for the eighth time. It won the award the last time in 1999-2000.

Union Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh handed over the trophy to the Principal, Group Capt LN Sharma, during the 43rd All-India Sainik Schools Principals Conference held at Sainik School, Kazhakootam, Kerala, on Friday.

“The trophy is given by Defence Ministry for sending the maximum cadets to the NDA in an academic session. Along with the trophy, Rs 1 lakh in cash was also awarded to the school. From the next session, the amount has been increased to Rs 10 lakh,” said the Principal.

This year, 13 school students were selected into the NDA. So far, the school has sent more than 800 cadets to the NDA, he said.

The Principal said the school alumni included 25 Generals, Officers of equivalent ranks in the armed forces and other prominent citizens including General Deepak Kapoor (retd), former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University DDS Sandhu since its inception on July 24, 1961.

Bhupinder Singh Hooda, an alumnus of the school, said the school, undoubtedly, is one of the best Sainik Schools in India. "As a CM, we had given various incentives to the school. To encourage the students, we had invited former President Pratibha Patil to the school," he said.

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