**Bhubaneswar: ** Recently, celebrities like Akshay Kumar and Gautam Gambhir were highly applauded for their generous donations to the families of martyrs who lost their lives in terrorist attacks in Uri and Sukma. But far from media attention, an 84-year-old retired banker and his wife have donated Rs 1 Crore, their life savings, to the National Defence Fund after seeing the ultimate sacrifice of the of the jawans at the borders.
Former SBI clerk Janardan Bhatt, a resident of Gujarat’s Bhavnagar, had saved this amount from his earnings and his investments in various funds. His investments gave him good returns when he retired.
Even after retirement, Janardan and his wife lived a simple life, and the savings were untouched even after decades of his retirement. There was no heir for this saved money as the couple didn’t have children.
Bhatt was always a charitable person and had solved many problems faced by his colleagues in his college and office throughout his life.
While donating the money, Bhatt said, “I don’t have children. But all the soldiers who are fighting for us on border are no less than my own children. It’s also my responsibility to do something for them and their families.”