The DSSC was set up in India in 1905 as the Army Staff College at Deolali (near Bombay); and by 1907, it was re-located in Quetta — now in the North Western of Pakistan. On the partition of the sub continent, the Indian element moved to Wellington in 1947. By 1950, it was progressively transformed into a fully integrated Staff College, imparting training to officers of the three services, besides the Indian Civil Services, para military forces and friendly foreign countries.