Uttarakhand: CM Dhami reached Ghorakhal Sainik School amid election busyness, talked to students

Whenever Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who has a military background, gets a chance to meet soldiers or military school students, he makes it memorable. On Wednesday, CM Dhami was in Nainital district. In the afternoon, he held a road show in Haldwani city in support of BJP candidate Ajay Bhatt from Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar Lok Sabha seat. After this, CM Dhami reached Ghorakhal Sainik School located in Nainital.

CM Dhami met the students of Ghorakhal Sainik School

CM Dhami met students at Ghorakhal Sainik School. CM Dhami also interacted with the students of Sainik School. CM Dhami told the students that they have to study a lot, play a lot and touch the sky. During this, CM Dhami asks the students, how will they touch the sky? To this he replies that he will touch the sky by working hard.

During this, CM Dhami also talked to 3 girl students who had come from Ladakh. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was very impressed and happy after talking to the girls of Ladakh. CM Dhami also posed for a group photo with the students of Ghorakhal Sainik School. CM Dhami described the experience of meeting the students of Sainik School as incomparable. CM said that these children are going to become the protectors of the country. The country will be safe in their hands. It is noteworthy that CM Dhami’s father Sher Singh Dhami has also been a soldier. He had retired from the post of Subedar.

Know about Ghorakhal Sainik School

Ghorakhal Sainik School was established on 21 March 1966. An interesting incident is associated with its name. During the freedom struggle of 1857, a British general was wandering in this area to escape from the revolutionaries. This British general’s horse died while drinking water from the pond there. Since then the local people named this place Ghorakhal.

In the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, ‘Khal’ means ‘pond’. According to historical documents, the Ghorakhal property was gifted to General Wheeler by the British rulers in 1870. After this, another development happened in the next century i.e. 1921. The then Nawab of Rampur, Hamid Ali, bought this property. When our country became independent in 1947, the then Uttar Pradesh government purchased the property of Ghorakhal from Nawab Hamid Ali in 1964 after the Privy Purse (special amount given to Nawabs) ended. Ghorakhal Sainik School was established on 21 March 1966.