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Cadet The Story of the First Woman Cadet to Join the Indian Army, Priya Jhingan
It wasn’t until that the Indian Army had seen a woman cadet train at its academy. All it took for a gutsy Priya Jhingan to upend the norm was a letter to the then Chief of Army Staff, General Sunith Francis Rodrigues.
Here was a young girl demanding that one of the top services in the country be opened to women!
Being the daughter of a police officer, Priya, from a tender age, believed wearing a uniform and serving your country was far more rewarding than a fat salary.
“I wanted to do it for my country.
That is why I wrote that classic letter to the Chief of Army Staff to allow the commission to women into the Army. I wanted to march through life wearing the olive green uniform,” she once said in an interview.
What boosted her morale was a reply from the General saying the Army was planning to induct women in the next two years.
That’s all it took for Priya to strike the career plan of becoming a p