Creation of UP Sainik School, Lucknow

The first decade after independence was a traumatic one. The wounds of partition, communal holocaust, resettlement of millions of refugees, integration of the five hundred and odd native states, the clamour of linguistic reorganization – these were but a few of the daunting problems. The compulsive hostility of Pakistan, souring of the once friendly ties with China, turbulence in the North- East and a vast coastline highlighted the necessity of a nationally representative, sizeable and well- equipped Army, Navy and Air-Force.