President Kovind Inaugurates General KS Thimayya Museum In Karnataka President Kovind Inaugurates General KS Thimayya Museum In Karnataka Sunny Side , the erstwhile ancestral house of General Thimayya, who served as the Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961, has been converted into a museum.
The President paid his respects at the war memorial, along with General Bipin Rawat. (File)
Madikeri:
A museum celebrating the life of former Army Chief General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, housing a variety of antique weaponry and war relics, was inaugurated on Saturday by President Ram Nath Kovind. Sunny Side , the erstwhile ancestral house of General Thimayya, who served as the Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961, has been renovated and converted into a museum here in Karnataka s Kodagu district.