Lawrence Military Asylums


The Lawrence Military Asylums were a series of military-style boarding schools envisaged by Sir Henry Lawrence in the Indian subcontinent highlands for the sons and daughters of British soldiers. Two schools were established during Lawrence's lifetime, at Sanawar and Mount Abu, a third followed a year after his death at Lovedale, whilst a fourth was later built in his memory at Ghora Gali.

History

In his book The Magic Mountains, historian Dane Kennedy states;
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Asylums

Four asylums were established around the Indian subcontinent, namely;
  1. Sanawar in 1847
  2. Mount Abu in 1856
  3. Lovedale near Ootacamund in 1858
  4. Ghora Gali in 1860.
At present, three of the four continue to function as schools, whilst the Mount Abu school was converted to Central Police Training College for the training of IPS officers after independence and after shifting of CPTC to Hyderabad as National Police Academy, the school at Mount Abu was converted to Internal Security Academy under the control of CRPF.