April 19, 2024
Sainik School Rewa's newly discovered Krishak and its earlier Harvard - a renewed look at both the aircraft.

Rewa is a town located in North Eastern Madhya Pradesh. It is home to Sainik School Rewa, This School is situated at a quiet and pleasant locale in the Civil Lines area of Rewa , the land of white tigers . It has a campus sprawling over 274 acres. The climate of Rewa is dry in summer and quite cold and winters. Rewa is located on the Allahabad –Bombay highway at a distance of 550 Kms from Bhopal , 235 Kms from Jabalpur and 578 kms from Raipur It is accessible by road and rail from Satna (54 kms) . The school is 2 kms from Rewa Bus stand and 6 kms away from Rewa Railway Station. Direct train are available from Bhopal, Jabalpur , Allahabad & New Delhi.

Aerial view of the Harvard at Sainik School, Rewa. Seen prior to 2012. In 2012, the aircraft was rotated 90 degrees to the right. 
A recently sourced image of the Harvard – lacking markings, but well preserved and painted with the Sainik School markings.
 
While initially , we believed Sainik School Rewa was home to a lone Harvard, it has come to light there is a HAL Krishak preserved on the campus as well.
 
The Krishak has been on the premises prior to 2006, and not much is known about its identity or the original date of acquisition.
 
The HAL Krishak preserved at Sainik School Rewa is painted in silver dope – and carries no identification markings at all. 

Google Maps Locations:

Harvard

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Krishak

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