Indian Army Logo (ACC Wing)Kitchner College, Nowgaon The opportunities for an ordinary soldier to rise to the position of an officer have existed in the Indian Army ever since the British days. Even when the British first decided to grant Commission to Indians in the Indian Army, they gave equal opportunity to the soldiers from the ranks. The British encouraged soldiers from the ranks to join the Indian Military Academy. In the very first Regular Course of 40 Gentlemen Cadets, known as the Pioneers, 15 were from the ranks. And many of them rose to the rank of General and some even became GOC-in-Cs and COAS. The very first Sword of Honour at the Academy was won by Smith Dun, who was from the ranks and was an alumnus of Kitchner College, the forerunner of Army Cadet College. Smith Dun and on