Editing Iskander Mirza (section)

==== Military Service ====

Mirza was the first Indian graduate of the military college, and gained his [[Commissioned officer|commission]] in the [[British Indian Army]] as a [[Second Lieutenant|2nd Lt.]] on 16 July 1920.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mirza|first1=Humayun|title=From Plassey to Pakistan: The Family History of Iskander Mirza, the First President of Pakistan|date=2002|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=9780761823490|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gf8vAQAAIAAJ&q=iskander+mirza+graduated |page=132 |access-date=31 March 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Story of Pakistan-2003d" /><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32005 |supp=y|page=8141|date=3 August 1920}}</ref> As was customary for newly commissioned British Indian Army officers, he was initially attached for a year to the second battalion of the [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)]].<ref name="Story of Pakistan-2003d" /> On 16 July 1921, he was promoted to lieutenant and was assigned to command a platoon on 30 December 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32665|page=2819|date=7 April 1922}}</ref>

His military career was spent in the [[Indian Army Corps of Military Police|Military Police]].<ref name="Story of Pakistan-2003d" />  In spite of hailing from [[United Bengal|Bengal]], his military career was mostly spent in the violent [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|North-West Frontier Province]] of India, participating in the [[Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)|Waziristan war]] in 1920.<ref name="Story of Pakistan-2003d" /> After the campaign, he was transferred to the [[Poona Horse|17th Poona Horse]] (Queen Victoria's Own), as an army inspector but left active service to join the [[Indian Political Service]] (IPS) in August 1926.<ref name="Story of Pakistan-2003d" /><ref name="record_list">{{cite book|pages=353|title=The India Office and Burma Office List: 1945|publisher=Harrison & Sons, Ltd.|year=1945}}</ref>