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Kodandera Subayya Thimayya was born in Madikeri, the district town of Kodagu (formerly known as Coorg), Karnataka, on 31 March 1906, to Subayya and Sitamma into a Kodava family. His family was one of the leading coffee planters in the area. His mother, Sitamma, was highly educated and a social worker.
Oct 12, 2006 · General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya assumed charge of the Indian Army, as the 4th Chief of Army Staff, on 07 May 1957. Timmy, as he was better known, was a graduate of the Royal Indian Military College in Dehra Dun, a necessary stepping stone for a commission in the Indian Army. He was commissioned into the Army in 1926 and was attached to the ...
Gen. Kodandera Subbayya Thimayya remains India’s most illustrious General. He was the Chief of the Army Staff between May 7, 1957 and May 7, 1961. Born on March 31, 1906 to Kodandera and Sitavva Thimayya in an affluent Coorg family, Gen. Thimayya (known as Timmy to his friends) had his early education in Coorg, after which, he moved to ...
Oct 12, 2006 · This article which I write on General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, is a personal account that stretches back to 1926 when I was five years old till the date of his demise in December 1965. In 1925, my father Codanda Madaiah Cariappa was then stationed at Sivasamudram (near Mysore, Karnataka) and was in charge of the Hydro Electric Station, the ...
General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya (DSO) was born on 31 March 1906 in Madikeri, Kodagu. He was a distinguished Indian Army officer who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961. He was the most talked about and admired military leader. The first Indian to command a brigade in battle during World War II.
Jul 31, 2020 · THIMAYYA OF INDIA-A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. written by Col DPK Pillay July 31, 2020. Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, popularly known as ‘Timmy,’ was the third of six children born to Subayya and Sitamma. His father, Subayya was a rich coffee planter of the Cheppudira clan in Madikeri in the district of Kodagu.
Videos. General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya hailed from Madikeri, the district town of Kodagu (formerly known as Coorg) in Karnataka on 31st March 1906. He was born in the family of coffee planters to Shri Subbaya Thimayya and Sitamma. His father Shri Subbaya, belonged to an affluent family from the Cheppudira clan and mother Smt Sitamma, was a ...
Oct 12, 2006 · General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya assumed charge of the Indian Army, as the 4th Chief of Army Staff, on 07 May 1957. Timmy, as he was better known, was a graduate of the Royal Indian Military College in Dehra Dun, a necessary stepping stone for a commission in the Indian Army. He was commissioned into the Army in 1926 and was attached to the ...
Feb 7, 2021 · The memorial museum celebrating the life of Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, who was the Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961, was dedicated to the nation on Saturday by President Ram Nath Kovind. It ...
Kodandera Subayya Thimayya was born in Madikeri, from district Kodagu (formerly known as Coorg), Karnataka, on 31 March 1906. He was born in coffee planters family. His mother, Sitamma, was a ...
