History of Cadet Colleges
The system of cadet college was first introduced in Germany in the era of Bismarck. Napoleon Bonaparte introduced this in France. Military and Royal aristocrats would send their children or wards to those cadet colleges for education and a career in the Royal Army. After partition in 1947 the new state of Pakistan, consisting of East and West Pakistan, the system was introduced by the then President of Pakistan Field Marshal Ayub Khan. The first cadet college was built in West Pakistan near Hasan Abdal town of Attock district of Punjab province in the year 1954. Faujdarhat Cadet College in Chittagong District was founded in 1958.
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