High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sainik School, Korukonda informally began on 10 September 1961. The school was formally founded by its first principal, Commander T De Almeida, on 18th January 1962, when the first batch of 205 students had joined.The building which is now Sainik School was originally named Alak Appala Kondayamba Vijayaram Palace. It was built in 1911 by Maharaja Vijayaram Gajapathi Raju as his country residence. It was later bequeathed to his second son Dr. Vijayanand Gajapathi Raju, Padmabushan, (P.V.G.Raju) LLD, Ex Member of Parliament and a great Cricket lover, popularly known as Vizzy in cricketing circles, who gifted the palace, along with 206 acres (0.83 km2) of land surrounding it, for use as a school in September 1961. As a tribute to the Royal Family, the original crest and motto of the Gajapathi dynasty was adopted by the School right from its inception.