A third generation soldier, this 59-year-old is on a mission to pay homage to approximately 21,000 fallen soldiers who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Somnath Jha retired as a major general form the Indian army in September last year over 37 years of meritorious service.
Genral Jha, who is on this epic journey since October 19, 2016 arrived Mhow on Friday and paid homage to the brave soldiers at infantry memorial. He was welcomed by officiating commandant infantry school Maj Gen A S Rawat, Maj Gen (retd) J P Alex, station commander Brigadier Rajesh Negi, social worker Mhow Puneet Agrawal (path) and Hemant Thakkar. Including Madhya Pradesh, General Jha has already covered 23 States.
speaking of his main objective of under taking this unique journey; he expressed the burning desire he had as he was retiring, to pay a personal homage to our fallen heroes. This he planned to do by cycling for two minutes per fallen hero touching every state of our country. To put it in his words, “I have two mandates that I am determined on following I will be cycling for two minutes for every fallen soldier and I am going to cover the entire country by cycling through all 29 state”. An infantry man, Maj Gen Jha has been through many a combat situations witnessing loss of many buddies, friends and peers defending the integrity and freedom of our country.
This has left many scars on his mind. He thus took upon himself to honor these brave hearts in his unique way bicycling over 12000 kms.