Floral tributes were paid to Major Durga Malla on his 72 death anniversary on Tuesday. Major Malla had attained martyrdom fighting British Government while donning colours of Indian National Army (INA).
Paying rich tributes to Durga Malla at a park named after him in Dehradun cantonment, Mussoorie MlA Ganesh Joshi said he played an important role in the struggle for Independence of the nation. He said that Durga Malla worked as a spy for the Indian National Army (INA) and participated in many operations.
The Uttarakhand State Nepali language Committee organised a ceremony to commemorate the occasion in which Joshi was chief guest.
Speaking on the occasion, vice-president of the committee KS limbu said that there is an urgent need to set up a college in the area which should be named after Major Durga Malla.
He also raised a demand for releasing a postal stamp on the martyr.
In his address Joshi said that the college named after Durga Malla would start functioning in next 15 days.
He said that he would write a letter to the Union Government to release a postal stamp on Durga Malla.