A day after two women cadets from Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute made history by topping national defence merit lists, cadets from its sister institute in Mohali have achieved a similar feat.Two cadets from the 10th course of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute, Mohali, have secured All India Ranks 2 and 6 in Air Force Common Admission Test II. Both have also cleared the Combined Defence Services (CDS) examination, marking an unprecedented dual success for the state within 24 hours.Sukhraj Singh Heera, son of a government school teacher from Rupnagar district, secured AIR 2 in AFCAT. Cadet Jasnoor Singh of Pathankot secured AIR 6.In the CDS merit list, Jasnoor Singh ranked first in the Air Force category, while Sukhraj Singh Heera ranked fourth in the Army category — a rare instance of cadets from the same institute ranking in the top five of two separate national defence exams simultaneously.Both cadets have already been selected for CDS courses beginning later this month. Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Aman Arora congratulated the cadets, saying Sukhraj and Jasnoor had “made the entire state proud”. He added that the state government is committed to strengthening both MRSAFPI and Mai Bhago AFPI so that more youth from ordinary backgrounds can get commissioned in the armed forces. “The state government’s aim is jobs for youth and a uniform for those who dream of serving the nation,” he said.MRSAFPI Director Major General Ajay H Chauhan, VSM (Retd.), praised the achievement and noted that around 24 cadets from the institute are set to receive joining letters for courses beginning shortly at training academies across the country — reflecting the strong pipeline the institute has built.These results, following Mai Bhago AFPI’s AIR 1 in the Air Force Academy exam and AIR 18 in the NDA exam announced on Monday, complete a remarkable 24-hour sweep for Punjab’s state-run defence preparatory institutes, with cadets from both placing in the top ranks of four national defence exams over two consecutive days.