GENERAL K.S. THIMAYYA

Feb. 7, 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Gen. Thimayya Museum at Madikeri in Karnataka’s Kodagu district.

About:

General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya (1906-1965), was a distinguished soldier of the Indian Army who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961 in the crucial years leading up to the conflict with China in 1962.
He was the only Indian to command an Infantry brigade in battle during the Second World War
After the Korean War, Thimayya headed a United Nations unit dealing with the repatriation of prisoners of war.
After his retirement from the Army, he was appointed Commander of the United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus from July 1964 to December 1965 and died in Cyprus while on active duty on 18 December 1965.
In 1954, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for Civil Service.
His ancestral house ‘Sunny Side’ has been renovated and converted into a museum.