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National Cadet Corps (NCC) 2023 - 75th Anniversary
December 1 , 2023
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- The National Cadet Corps (NCC) celebrated its 75th anniversary on November 27, 2023.
- It is serving as the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces; it operates from its headquarters in New Delhi.
- The NCC is a voluntary military cadet corps under the Union Ministry of Defence and is open to school and college students.
- The origin of NCC can be traced to the ‘University Corps’, which was created under the Indian Defence Act, 1917.
- In 1920, when the Indian Territorial Act was passed, the ‘University Corps’ was replaced by the University Training Corps (UTC).
- Subsequently, the National Cadet Corps Act was accepted by the Governor General and the NCC came into existence on 15 July, 1948.
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