How many female cadets passed out in the first-ever batch at National Defence Academy?
17
The question asks how many women cadets graduated in the first-ever female batch of the National Defence Academy (NDA).
Women were admitted to the NDA at Khadakwasla, near Pune, for the first time in 2022, following a Supreme Court order in 2021 that directed the academy to open its entrance examination to women.
This maiden group of women joined the 148th course and underwent the same three years of rigorous military and academic training as their male counterparts.
The batch passed out at the Passing Out Parade in May 2025, and 17 women cadets successfully completed the course.
They became the first women ever to graduate from the tri-services academy, marking a landmark step in the integration of women into the armed forces.
Figures such as 11, 19 and 21 do not represent this historic first cohort of women graduates.
Hence the correct answer is 17.
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