![]() ![]() During World War II, he saw action against the Japanese in Burma during the Arakan Campaign. On 22 February 1942, upon his graduation from the Royal Military College, Sharma was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment, of the British Indian Army (later to become the Indian Army's 4th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment). During his childhood, Somnath was influenced by the teachings of Krishna and Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, taught to him by his grandfather Pandit Daulat Ram. He later studied at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Sharma completed his schooling at Sherwood College, Nainital, before enrolling at the Prince of Wales Royal Military College in Dehradun. Several of his siblings served in the military. His father, Major General Amar Nath Sharma, was a military officer (retired as director general, Armed Medical Services). ![]() ![]() Sharma was born on 31 January 1923 at Dadh, Kangra, then in the Punjab Province of British India, the present day state of Himachal Pradesh. ![]()
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