Sainik School in Kapurthala, Punjab Admission, Fees Structure

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Sainik School is Located in Kapurthala , Punjab, India

Address of Sainik School, Kapurthala

How do I contact Sainik School?

Call at +91-182 223 2532 to contact Sainik School

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.

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Sainik School is located in the palace of the erstwhile maharaja of Kapurthala. The palace was built in 1908 on the pattern of Versailles built by Louis- the xiv of France. The Jagatjit palace at present houses Sainik School, Kapurthala (total area measuring 1961 kanals and 18 marlas).Sainik School Kapurthala was inaugurated on 8th July, 1961 by the then Defence Minister V.K.Krishna Menon ,with the objective of preparing boys academically, physically and mentally to join NDA. It is a fully residential school for boys only ,providing public school education. The school offers a vast array of opportunities to channelise the energies of cadets for constructive purposes. A wide spectrum of co and extra curricular activities ensures their multitudinous personality development. The School has been rendering yeoman services to the nation for more than four decades by imparting balanced and quality education to the cadets hailing from all strata of society. It has been fulfilling its basic objective by producing more than 700 officers for the Indian armed forces through National Defence Academy. A sizeable number of its alumni has made their mark in other respectable professions  too.   The school has earned for itself the enviable distinction of being a torch bearer for quality education in the state. It is the only school among the twenty Sainik Schools which holds the record of holding the Defence Minister’s trophy continuously for seven years. The school product is not a mere book worm but a real life wizard who applies his knowledge in practical situations. The school not only maintain high educational standards but also provides the cadets a well rounded education that prepares them to face the challenges of life. 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.

Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District It was the capital of the Kapurthala State (ruled by Ahluwalia Dynasty), a princely state in British India The secular and aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic architecture self-narrate its princely past It is also known as city of Palaces & Gardens.

According to the 2011 Census, Kapurthala is the least populated city in India

Punjab (Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ; Shahmukhi: پنجاب; , ; , ; Punjabi: [pənˈdʒaːb] (listen); also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northern India The boundaries of the region are ill-defined and focus on historical accounts The geographical definition of the term "Punjab" has changed over time In the 16th century Mughal Empire it referred to a relatively smaller area between the Indus and the Sutlej rivers In British India, until the Partition of India in 1947, the Punjab Province encompassed the present-day Indian states and union territories of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Delhi and the Pakistani regions of Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory.

It bordered the Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa regions to the west, Kashmir to the north, the Hindi Belt to the east, and Rajasthan and Sindh to the south The people of the Punjab today are called Punjabis, and their primary language is Punjabi The main religion of the Pakistani Punjab region is Islam The two main religions of the Indian Punjab region are Sikhism and Hinduism Other religious groups are Christianity, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Ravidassia.

The Punjab region was the cradle for the Indus Valley Civilisation The region had numerous migration by the Indo-Aryan peoples The land was later contested by the Persians, Indo-Greeks, Indo-Scythians, Kushans, Macedonians, Ghaznavids, Turkic, Mongols, Timurids, Mughals, Marathas, Arabs, Pashtuns, British and other peoples Historic foreign invasions mainly targeted the most productive central region of the Punjab known as the Majha region, which is also the bedrock of Punjabi culture and traditions The Punjab region is often referred to as the breadbasket in both India and Pakistan.