Adjacent to the Indian Military Academy, Chetwoode Hall houses the modern guns and sophisticated ammunition of the Indian Army and a wide range of artifacts that illustrate the glory of the Indian armed forces.
Indian Military Academy has located 7 km from Dehradun Railway Station, on NH-72 in Dehradun. Indian Military Academy (IMA) is a training academy established in 1932 to train officers of the Indian Army. To establish the Indian Military Academy, the government acquired the former Railway University of Dehradun. The beautiful main building of IMA is called Chetwode Building. The academy was named after Field Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode. He was the Commander-in-Chief of India at the time of the establishment of IMA and had also inaugurated the new academy.
The academy is known for producing brave army officers who have proved themselves in various departments. It originally started with a group of 40 cadets. The first commandant of this academy was Brigadier L.P. Collins. The first course had great soldiers like Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun, and Mohammad Musa, all of whom later became chiefs of the armies of various countries – India, Burma, and Pakistan.
The campus of IMA is spread over an area of 1400 acres. The IMA is fully equipped with lecture halls, computer laboratories, a library with over 100,000 books and journals from all over the world, a café, and an auditorium with a seating capacity of 2000. A museum, a war memorial, a space for shooting demonstrations, and an 18-hole golf course are some of the attractions located on the Academy’s grounds. Visitors need special permission to enter the campus. However, on GC Day, the cadets’ graduation day, the academy is open to the public.