page_title: Sainik School, Kapurthala
hierarchical_section_title: Sainik School, Kapurthala
caption_attribution_description: English: Kapurthala Sainik School, Punjab, India
context_page_description: Sainik School Kapurthala is one of 29 Sainik Schools across India. The school was inaugurated in July 1961 by the then Defence Minister V.K.Krishna Menon, with the objective of preparing boys for entry into National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla. Its motto is "Knowledge, Humility and Discipline". It is a fully residential school for boys only, providing public school education. It has produced more than 1150 officers for the Indian armed forces through National Defence Academy. It is the only school among the twenty nine Sainik Schools which has held the Defence Minister’s trophy continuously for nine years.
  It is situated in the Kapurthala city of Punjab state, in Jagatjit palace which was formerly the palace of the Maharajah of princely state of Kapurthala, Maharajah Jagatjit Singh Bahadur. Jagatjit palace was completed in 1908.
  The scheme to establish Sainik Schools was introduced in 1961 with the primary aim of preparing boys academically, physically and mentally for entry into the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.
context_section_description: Sainik School Kapurthala is one of 29 Sainik Schools across India. The school was inaugurated in July 1961 by the then Defence Minister V.K.Krishna Menon, with the objective of preparing boys for entry into National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla. Its motto is "Knowledge, Humility and Discipline". It is a fully residential school for boys only, providing public school education. It has produced more than 1150 officers for the Indian armed forces through National Defence Academy. It is the only school among the twenty nine Sainik Schools which has held the Defence Minister’s trophy continuously for nine years.
  It is situated in the Kapurthala city of Punjab state, in Jagatjit palace which was formerly the palace of the Maharajah of princely state of Kapurthala, Maharajah Jagatjit Singh Bahadur. Jagatjit palace (location:  31.374 N, 75.392 E) was completed in 1908.
  The scheme to establish Sainik Schools was introduced in 1961 with the primary aim of preparing boys academically, physically and mentally for entry into the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.
caption: The school in 2013
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