History
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 carrier in the Royal Army. In Pakistan the system was introduced by the then president of Pakistan Field Marshal Ayub Khan. The first cadet college was built in Punjab in the year 1954. The initial four cadet colleges were Hasanabdal, Kohat, Faujdarhat (then East Pakistan, now in Bangladesh) and Petaro.
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