Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked the establishment of 'Sainik school' in Bhind-Morena district in the state's Chambal region.
He made this demand after meeting Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Sunday.
According to an official, Chouhan as CM in 2017, had allotted 334 hectares of land for setting up a defense ministry institute and a unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
The official said that the then defense minister Nirmala Sitharaman had promised a Sainik school for the Chambal area.
Chouhan told Singh, "Youth from the region join the military in large numbers and a Sainik school will help them become not just soldiers but also officers."