it was founded in january 2014 by rahul yadav, in the wake of his own diagnosis with multiple myeloma. initially, the patient-to-patient group consisted of yadav and other patients he had met at the hospital. as of april 2015, the group has a support base of about 4,000 members. yoddhas was created as a means to overcome a deficit of strong online support systems in the country. it is a peer-to-peer support group where everyone discusses about their illness and support each other that mainly consists of cancer patients as well as close friends and relatives of people fighting cancer.