MT News Service
Jammu, March 8:
On Monday, in general house meeting of Jammu Municipal corporation was held and the historic decision taken by them that to install Major Som Nath’s statue to be install on the fourth bridge of Tawi River. On this decision, Shri Kailakh Jyotish Avim Vedic sanstha trust’s president Mahant Rohit Shastri forward their thanks and gratitude to whole fratrnity of JMC and specially to Mayor of JMC. As this was the very pending demand of the trust president.
Major Somnath Sharma was born on January 31, 1923 in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh in a Brahmin military family. The D Company of 4 Kumaon led by Major Somnath Sharma was air lifted to Srinagar during tribal invasion of Kashmir on October 31st, Major Sharma was under plaster due to fracture and he was advised rest but he insisted on being with his company at the crucial hour and was allowed to go. When heavy causalities adversely affected the firing power of the coy, Major Sharma with his right hand in plaster took upon himself task of filling magazines and issuing them to men operating light machine guns.
His last message to Brigade Headquarter received a few moments before he was killed “The enemy are only 50 yards from us, we are heavily outnumbered. We are under devasting fire I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.”