Kodendera Subayya Thimayya
Military Person
1906 – 1965
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Who was Kodendera Subayya Thimayya?
Kodendera Subayya Thimmayya, PB, DSO 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. After the Korean War, Thimmayya headed a United Nations unit dealing with the repatriation of prisoners of war. After his retirement from the Indian Army, he went on to command the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus. While in Cyprus, he died of a heart attack, in 1965.
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- Born
- Mar 30, 1906
Madikeri - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Died
- Dec 1, 1965
Cyprus
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on July 23, 2013
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