Chail Military School

Rashtriya Military School, Chail
Location
Chail Shimla Hills, Himachal Pradesh India
Coordinates	30°57′46″N 77°11′55″E / 30.9629°N 77.1985°E / 30.9629; 77.1985
Information
Type	Military school
Motto	Sheelam Param Bhushanam (Character is the Greatest Virtue)
Established	1925
School district	Solan
Administrator	Major Kapil Salimath
Principal	Shri V K Gangwal Jain
Staff	100
Faculty	20
Grades	Class 6-12
Number of students	300
Campus size	174.80-acre (0.7074 km2)
Campus type	Boarding school
Colour(s)	Light blue and dark blue
Affiliation	CBSE
Founder	King George V
Houses	Nalanda, Taxila, Ujjain
Nalanda	Red (new dorms and annexe)
Taxila	Green (Sidh and Oak)
Ujjain	Blue (Glen View)
Website	chailmilitaryschool.webs.com

Rashtriya Military School, Chail (also called Chail Military School; formerly King George Royal Indian Military College) is a residential school in Himachal Pradesh, India. The school's origins lie with the establishment of King George's Royal Indian Military School in Jullunder (later Jalandhar), Punjab, soon after World War I, with a donation of ₹250,000 from King George V’s patriotic fund. The foundation stone of this school was laid in the Jullunder Cantonment by King George V in February 1922, and the school started functioning in 1925. The school was moved to its present location in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, in 1960. Cadets are known as Georgians after the school's founding father.

It is one of only five RMS (Rashtriya Military Schools, formerly called Royal Indian Military Schools) of its kind in India; the other four being Ajmer Military School founded in 1930, Belgaum Military School in 1945, Bangalore Military School in 1946 and Dholpur Military School in 1962.^[1] RIMC (established in 1922), RIMs and various Sainik Schools contribute 25% to 30% to various training academies of the armed forces. 1 RIMC and 5 RMS were established by the government after World War I to Indianise the British Colonial Military in India by providing western style education with the aim to prepare the potential pool of future military officers.

The school is located amidst pine and deodar forests in the heart of the 110 km² Chail Sanctuary at an altitude of 2,144 meters. A cricket ground, said to be the world's highest^[2] is located in Chail and is used as a training and playground for cadets.