1. NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY
48 COURSE
NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY

2. The legendary stork received a huge delivery order in June 1972.

3. Accordingly, the stork picked up 269 babies of 48th course from various parts of the country...

4. ...and delivered them in the cradle of leadership at National Defence Academy in July 1972.
9825 to 10093 48

5. The babies grew up, got transformed from boys to men, and passed out from NDA on 07 June 1975.
Today, 35 years later, some of us are still serving, some are not, and some are no more.

6. 35 years is a long time, and we all have inevitably changed.
We need to reconnect the past to the present, appearance-wise.
So let us have an Identification Parade first, strictly in the order of NDA numbers.
Here we go >>>

7. 9782
S S Swaran
K/47  48
Lily

8. 9797
S K Jain
L/47  48
We miss him.
God bless his soul.

9. 9927
Man Mohan Bahadur
G/48
Vinita

10. 9943
D P Kulkarni
H/48  50
Ulka

11. 9987
Nayan Ranjan Pani
J/48
Snigdha

12. 10001
S B Anand
K/48
Rashmi

13. 10024
Uday Agashe
C/48
Aneeta

14. 10027
N N Sawardekar
D/48
Mohini

15. 10035
A K Anand
J/48
Renu

16. 10046
Satish Soni
L/48
Payal

17. 10081
Sandeep Singh
J/48
Yashmi

18. Ashish Kumar Bose, a RIMColian, was withdrawn from NDA on medical grounds in the IInd term, as his left eardrum was ruptured during boxing.
10093
Ashish Kumar Bose
K/48

19. We will now take a look at some old photographs of group activities in NDA during our time...

20. NDA Mandir
Experimental indoor photography without flash, using extended exposure on low speed film.

21. Presidency Drive clicked from Sudan Block during day and night.
Night photography involved an 11 minutes lens exposure, during which one PMT Bus (Route No 57) traveled from Khandwa Gate towards Gole Market, the headlights tracing luminous lines on the film due to extended exposure.
Primitive now, but high-tech in 1973!

22. Sudan Block and Science Block

23. Sudan Block
Gole Market
Aerial photograph of NDA clicked by Uday Agashe from a glider, during joy-ride given to Army & Navy cadets. This photo won 1st prize in photo-competition.

24. Shri Raj Kapoor attended the passing out parade of 43rd course on 09 Dec He is being escorted by Admiral Nanda

25. Charlie Sqn cadets with “Papa Pardesi” during Sqn jam-session

26. Variety Entertainment Programme in the Auditorium

27. Charlie Sqn pongos at a WT class

29. Foxies at Torna Camp-fire

30. Camp Green Horn

31. Passing Out Parade

35. “Masti” after passing-out photograph

38. Jaguars after Bayonet Competition

39. Jaguars

40. Let us now take a look at some photographs of recent activities, not necessarily in NDA.

41. NDA Diamond Jubilee – Dec 2008

42. NDA Diamond Jubilee – Dec 2008

43. 48 get-together at Pune on 15 Jun 2009

44. Adhoc get-togethers

45. Rajinder Giani & McKenzie in North-East India

50. Adios. . .