 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 3: BJP State Vice President and former Minister Sham Lal Sharma said that the Martyrs have sacrificed their today for securing the future of their countrymen and the nation will always remain indebted to them.
While paying tributes to Major Somnath Sharma, first Paramveer Chakra awardee, on his 73rd death anniversary in a programme organised by Shri Kailakh Jyotish Avim Vedic Sansthan Trust, the former minister said Jammu is land of martyrs and many youths have made supreme sacrifices while securing borders. He said apart from securing border our jawans are fighting terrorism from the last more than three decades. He said that during all these years of turmoil thousands of youths have laid down their lives in the line of duty. He said that the jawans are assets of the nation and so are their families.
The senior BJP leader said that it is the duty of the nation and every individual to ensure that the families of the martyrs are respected and do not face any problem.
The Trust members, while remembering the Martyr, said that due to the martyrdom of Major Somnath Sharma, today Kashmir is with India. They appealed to the Lieutenant Governor to name Kashmir Airport after the name of Major Somnath Sharma. Apart from this, he also demanded to declare January 31 as a holiday on the birth anniversary of Major and install his statue in the Temple City.
Major Somnath Sharma was born on 31 January 1923 in Himachal Pradesh. He was the Company-Commander of the Delta Company of the 4th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army. Martyr Major rescued the enemy's sixes by his valor in the Indo-Pak conflict of October-November 1947.
On 3 November 1947, Major Sharma received Martyrdom. The Government of India posthumously honored him with the Param Vir Chakra. He was the first Army Officer to get Paramveer Chakra. This immortal glorification of his valor should be known to the people, so that in the coming generations, there will be competition to do something for the country and become a hero like Major Somnath Sharma.
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.” Trust honoured some retired Army personnels i.e. Honorary captain Angraje Singh, Captian Mohan Lal Sharma, captian Sharma, captian Rajinder singh, Subedar Sham Singh.
On occasion State bjp kissan morcha president omi khajuria, Master Raj kumar,Pandit Dev dutt shastri, Rakesh gandotra, Sunil singh Rajpuria,Shekher Sharma, Vijay Seth, Rohit Seth, Rajiv Sudan, Jagan Singh, Yash Seth, Manmohan Singh, Rajan Sharma, Mohan Lal, Happy Singh, Deepak shastri and other's also present. |
