who was the highest ranked that are native sepoy could rise to
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Typically the highest rank is Senior Under Officer (SUO) in army wing and air wing, and Senior Cadet Captain (SCC) in navy wing NCC.
For junior wing/junior division cadets, the highest rank is Company/Cadet Sergeant Major (CSM) in army wing, Petty Officer Cadet (POC) in navy wing, and Cadet Sergeant (Sgt) in air wing NCC.
The actual situation is much more nuanced than that:
In companies with strength less than fifty, the highest rank is Under Officer or equivalent.
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The term sepoy has been used in a number of different situations, usually referring to an Indian soldier serving in another nation's army (eg, British, Portuguese, and French) over the last century or two. However, the term has also been used for other foreigners recruited or forced into duty into another country's army. Further, I understand the term continues to be used today in the armies of Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and perhaps others as a rank, typically that of private, infantry private, or the lowest enlisted rank.
Therefore, a more accurate answer would require further specificity as to which situation, time frame, and nationality is being referred to, but the answer would most probably be "private" in those situations where the sepoy refers to a foreign soldier in another army. Otherwise, if sepoy refers to a modern day rank of a soldier serving in one's own nation's army, the sepoy could be promoted out of that rank.
As a US Army retiree, I am certainly not an expert in this area; my answer simply reflects my understanding from some military history study and from being fortunate enough to have served a short time with some very professional soldiers from Nepal and Pakistan. I hope some of those soldiers will log in with a better and more complete answer than mine.
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