 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pakupera kwehondo yeAfghanistan, Robert naamai vake vakaenda nebhatiri rababa vake kuSipri, uko vakabva vaendeswa kuMorar muGwalior. Muna 1850, akaiswa pachikoro paMussoorie pasi paRobert North Maddock, kwaakagara kusvika 1 Zvita 1856. Ipapo akatumirwa kuEngland, ndokuiswa paKensington Grammar School pasi paG. Frost. Ikoko akawana kadheti, uye mushure memutambo mumwe paRoyal India Military College, Addiscombe, uye maviri paRoyal Military Academy kuWoolwich akawana komisheni yake muRoyal regiment yeartillery musi wa18 Zvita 1861. Muna 1862, akatumirwa kuIndia uye akagara nebhatiri rekutanga re24th brigade paFort Govindghar, nhare yeAmritsar. Muna August 1864, akachinjirwa mubateri reF re18th brigade uye akaiswa kuMian Mir. Muna 1866, kukundikana kweAgra neBank Masterman kwakamusiya aine mubhadharo wake chete kuti azviriritire iye naamai vake. Kuti awedzere zviwanikwa zvake akachinjanisa kupinda mu21st Punjab infantry. Rejimendi iri rakanga riri pasi pemirairo nokuda kwehondo yeAbyssinian, uye akaburuka paZoula musi wa1 Kukadzi 1868. 