The 107th birth anniversary of Padma Bhushan awardee General K S Thimmaiah , who was DSO, ADC, Chief of Indian Army and Commander of the UN
Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, will be observed on Saturday at his house
‘Sunny Side’, where the RTO office functions now in Kodagu.
Earlier,
the celebrations were restricted only to General Thimmaiah School in
Madikeri and garlanding of his statue, who hailed from Kodagu and was
the cousin of Field Marshal K M Cariappa, at the toll-gate by a few
organisations.
However, for the first
time, with the efforts of Field Marshal Cariappa and General Thimmaiah
Forum, the birth anniversary celebrations have been arranged at Sunny
Side. A museum dedicated to General Thimmaiah will also come up within
the next four months.
Earlier, when the
birth centenary was held in Madikeri in the presence of the then
president APJ Abdul Kalam, governor TN Chaturvedi and chief minister
Kumaraswamy announced that the General’s house would be turned into a
monument and released Rs 1 crore for it. However, the assurances
remained only on paper.
Convenor of the
forum Major (Rtd) BA Nanjappa told Express that the ‘Sunny Side’ might
be taken back from the RTO in four months. General Thimmaiah was still a
role model for Army recruits and soldiers. A book on him by Humphrey
Evans, ‘Thimmaiah of India,’ which is prescribed as a textbook for
promotion for Captains, showed his importance, Major Nanjappa said.
After
retirement, the General served as a commander of the UN Peacekeeping
Force in Cyprus, where he died in 1965. Cyprus had named a road after
him and had issued a stamp on him.
Courtesy:-IBN live
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