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Defence Services Staff College re-established at Wellington

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Defence Services Staff College re-established at Wellington
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After Partition the Indian staff college was re-established at Wellington in the Nilgiris, replacing the Staff College at Quetta.

The Staff College at Quetta, founded in 1905, went to Pakistan at the Partition of British India. Its Indian elements were re-established at Wellington cantonment near Coonoor in the Nilgiris. The institution became the Defence Services Staff College, which trains mid-career officers of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. It made Wellington one of the main military education centres in the country.

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