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KCIOs were introduced in the early 20th Century under the Indianisation process. They were equivalent in every way to the British King's Commissioned Officer s (KCOs), held the same ranks, and unlike VCOs had authority over British troops. In fact, most KCIOs served on attachment to a British unit for a year or two early in their careers. Many officers who later held high rank in the post-independence Indian Army and Pakistan Army began their careers as KCIOs. Kodandera Madappa Cariappa , Kodendera Subayya Thimayya , S.P.P. Thorat , B.M. Kaul , and Ayub Khan were a few of the Sandhurst trained officers. The last of the KCIOs in Indian Army Service was General P.P. Kumaramangalam , who retired in 1969. |
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