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{{Short description|Pakistani army officer (born 1987)}} | |||
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Major '''Hercharn Singh''' ({{lang-pa|ਹਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ}} / {{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|ہرچرن سنگھ}}}}) (born 1987) is the first [[Sikh]] officer | Major '''Hercharn Singh''' ({{lang-pa|ਹਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ}} / {{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|ہرچرن سنگھ}}}}) (born 1987) is the first [[Sikh]] officer to be commissioned in the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2005/12/printable/051220_sikh_army_an.shtml پاک فوج کا پہلا سکھ افسر- بی بی سی کا اردو]</ref> He was born in [[Nankana Sahib|Nankana Sahib, Pakistan]], which is also the birthplace of the founder of [[Sikhism]], [[Guru Nanak]]. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Hercharn passed his matriculation from Government Guru Nanak High School and passed his FSc (pre-engineering) in 2004 from [[Forman Christian College]] | Hercharn passed his matriculation from Government Guru Nanak High School and passed his FSc (pre-engineering) in 2004 from [[Forman Christian College]] in [[Lahore]]. He then passed the [[Inter Services Selection Board|ISSB]] examination in 2006 and joined the [[Pakistan Military Academy]]. | ||
==Personal life== | |||
He is currently 36 years old and married his wife on 3 December 2017<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfO9oOmVGxw | title=Congrats to Maj Harcharn Singh, Sikh officer of Pak Army on his wedding | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> | |||
==Graduation== | ==Graduation== | ||