Harcharan Singh
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Harcharan Singh (Punjabi: ਹਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ / ہرچرن سنگھ) (born 1986), is the first Sikh officer to be recruited in the Pakistan Army.[1] He was born in Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak.
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[edit] Early life
Harcharan passed his matriculation from the Government Guru Nanak High School and passed his FSc (pre-engineering) in 2004 from Forman Christian College, Lahore. He then passed Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB) examination in 2006 after failing once.
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Harcharan was commissioned into the army by the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on 27 October 2007 at Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Harcharan had told reporters
| “ | It is a matter of great privilege and an honour for me that today I am standing in front of you in the khaki uniform. I have been given a great responsibility | ” |
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