Major Durga Malla was the first Gorkha soldier of Nepalese origin in Indian National Army (INA) to sacrifice his life for the cause of Indian independence.Malla was born in July 1913 at Doiwala near Dehradun from Nepali parents. He was the eldest son of Nb Sub Ganga Malla. In 1930, when Mahatma Gandhi was leading the countrymen for Independence through Dandi March, Malla was in class nine. Though he was young, he caught everybody’s attention by his outbursts in public against the British.