Army officers passing out during passing out ceremony, in Uttarakhand

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Cadets passing out during the passing out parade of the Indian Military Academy in Uttarakhand. The Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (also known as IMA) is the officer training Academy of the Indian Army. IMA was established in 1932. The academy is located in the foothills of the Himalayas, about 8 km west of Dehra dun in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The campus of the academy originally spanned 206 acres which was transferred to the academy along with existing buildings from the Railway Staff College. The academy area is 1,400 acres (5.7 km2). Built in 1930, the Chetwode Hall on the Drill Square houses the administrative headquarters of the IMA and is also the hub of academic training. It has lecture halls, computer labs and a cafe. On the opposite side of the Drill Square is