On 19th and 20th December 2009 UP Sainik School, Lucknow celebrated its Golden Jubilee. A record number of 'Old Boys' turned up for this historic occasion. There were a lot of other 'firsts' in the conduct various events - the most notable being the Lucknow half marathon which was held on 20th December. The first batch of old boys (who joined the school in 1960) were present in good strength (I think they outnumbered all other subsequent batches !) The 'Old Boys Association' really worked overtime and stretched themselves to the limit to ensure that the programme went off well. The office bearers are to be congratulated for completing this Herculean task in an impeccable manner. Following are some photos of the various events which were held to kickstart the Golden Jubilee year (click on the photo to enlarge):
The programme started with the 'Wreath Laying'ceremony at the War Memorial.
Laying of foundation stone for the new Ampitheatre
by 'old boy' Lt Gen V.K.Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM
Cricket match between the old boys and the cadets.
Capt Sunil Chandra Vir Chakra Dwar - the new gate.
Tug-of-War between the old boys and the cadets
Laying of foundation stone for the new Ampitheatreby 'old boy' Lt Gen V.K.Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM
Cricket match between the old boys and the cadets.
Capt Sunil Chandra Vir Chakra Dwar - the new gate.
Tug-of-War between the old boys and the cadets(the old boys lost)
Sitting in the Auditorium for the 'Old Boys' meet.
The first batch being felicitated on the stage.
Old Boys (and some spouses) from the first batch 
Participants warming up for the Lucknow Half
Sitting in the Auditorium for the 'Old Boys' meet.
The first batch being felicitated on the stage.
Old Boys (and some spouses) from the first batch on stage at the cultural programme on 19 Dec. Mrs
Molly Daniel (wife of Late Col H.R.H.Daniel - the
first Principal of the school) can be seen after
cutting the Golden Jubilee cake.
Participants warming up for the Lucknow Half Marathon on 20 December 2009 at 0600 hrs.
'Prerna' - Lucknow Half Marathon was flagged off 
The Old Boys Association has resolved to conduct
The start of the 5 km race for boys and girls under
'Prerna' - Lucknow Half Marathon was flagged off by the GOC-in-C, Central command, from the
K.D.Singh Babu stadium at 0730 hrs.
The Old Boys Association has resolved to conductthis 'prize money' event every year. The idea is to
bring Lucknow at par with other cities where such
races are held every year as also to create
awareness about the school.
The start of the 5 km race for boys and girls under 18 years of age.
'The Inspiration'
'The Inspiration' Video of the flag off - Lucknow Half Marathon !
(The response for this event was very good with the
participation of a lot of well known runners from
India and abroad)
1 comment:
The 1960 group picture brought back memories. Being one from the batch, but not in the picture, I was quite surprised that I could not identify most of the people. So I sent the picture to three of the people and one of them was kind enough to identify the people.
So for future reference, here are the names, from left to right: YP,
Narula, OP Singh, Ajay Shankar, UC Pandey, Meherban, Anoop, Pawan,
Sanjeev, Kishore, ND Prasad, Shiv Pratap,KK Chauhan, Quasim, Negi, AK
Singh.
Thank you very much.
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