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General Graham’s Visit to ISM
Indian School Muscat invited General
John Graham who has been instrumental in shaping the
Armed forces of
Oman
in 1960’s. His
favourite country
Oman
, to which he came in
Oman
1963 – 45 years ago and loves this country recognizing
its fine prosperity as we see it today.
He
worked for he British Army in
National
Defence
College
,
New Delhi
,
India
and worked and advised on Army matters for over 60
countries including
India
and
Oman
.
At the age of 86, Gen. John Graham
loves children and wanted to shower his experience and
the beautiful growth of
Oman
.
ISM was privileged to have him
address the children of middle school on Sunday, 19th
October 2008 at 7 am to 8 am.
General John Graham give the students
an insight into the history of
Oman
. General
Graham is very eloquent and narrated his many
experiences of his stay in
Oman
. Though he
served the British Army, he spent a great part of his
service life in
Oman
. He
enthralled the students with his description of the Oman
of 45 years back and how much Oman had grown, by leaps
and bounds, to the fine and prosperous country that we
know of today. The
new multipurpose hall reverberated with the cheers and
applause of the students as he shared his life’s
experiences with them.
Then followed an interactive session where the
General very kindly obliged the students by answering
their various queries.
He has to his credit about 15 books written on
the beautiful and enchanting Sultanate of Oman.
To the credit of ISM, the General was quite
liberal in praising the students for the strong family
values and traditions that he found still imbibed in
them. The morning’s programme was a huge success and
left the students better enlightened about the wonderful
country
Oman
, we live in.
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