NATIONAL CADET CORPS

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. It is a voluntary organisation open to school and college students  as a Tri-Services Organisation, comprising the Army Wing, the Naval Wing and the Air Wing. Cadets are given basic military training in small arms and drill. On the completion of this course, they achieve 'B' and 'C' certificate which gives them benefit in future.

NCC in India was formed on 16 July 1948. The origin of this can be traced back to University Corps (UC), which was formed in India by Britishers under the Indian Defence Act 1917, with the objective to make up for the shortage of soldiers in the Army.  In 1920, when the Indian Territorial Act was passed, the ‘University Corps’ was replaced by the University Training Corps (UTC). The aim was to raise the status of the UTC and make it more attractive to the youth. UTC Officers and cadets wear Army uniform. It was a significant step towards the 'Indianisation' of the Indian armed forces. It was renamed the UOTC so the National Cadet Corps can be considered a successor to the University Officers Training Corps (UOTC) which was established by the Government of India in 1942. After that, The first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the function of raising the first NCC Unit at Delhi on the last Sunday of Nov. 1948. In 1949, the Girls Division was formed in order to provide equal opportunities to school and college-going girls. The NCC was given an inter-service image in 1950 when the Air Wing was added, followed by the Naval Wing in 1952.

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