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Here's the so called "Pakistan" Army's origin
>Colonial Origins
Contrary to popular belief, the Pakistan Army was not formed in 1947, but rather 1920.
How is that possible? The same reason why the Pakistan Railways was established in 1861 - we simply inherited it from our former colonial rulers. In the case of Pakistan Railways, we inherited it from the North Western State Railway.
But where did the Pakistan Army originate from? Here's a brief timeline:
>1857:
- British Raj established - "Presidency armies" formed throughout the colony.
> 1895:
- Presidency armies abolished.
- Replaced with 4 commands; the Punjab, Bengal, Bombay and Madras commands.
> 1908:
- Punjab Command and Bengal Command merged into Northern Army.
- Bombay Command and Madras Command merged into Southern Army.
> 1920:
- Northern Army and Southern Army abolished.
- Reverted back to four commands; this time as Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western commands.
> 1942:
- Northern and Western commands merged to form the North Western Army.
- This was done to better guard the frontier regions of North West Frontier and Baluchistan.
> 1945:
- North Western Army reverted to Northern Command.
> 1947:
- Northern Command renamed to Pakistan Army.
So the Pakistan Army was essentially inherited from the former colonial force present in what would become Pakistan.
Similarly, the remaining commands (Western, Eastern and Southern), in what would become the Republic of India, were inherited by the Indian Army.
This is why Frank Messervy is considered the first General of the Pakistan Army.
He was made General Officer Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Command in 1946. In 1947, when it was renamed to the Pakistan Army, he was granted the honourary rank of general until 1948.