President inaugurates Gen. Thimayya Memorial Museum
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President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Gen. Thimayya Memorial Museum at Madikeri in Kodagu district on Saturday.
Gen. K.S.Thimayya served because the Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961 and his ancestral home “Sunny Side’’ has been renovated and transformed right into a museum. The museum showcases memorabilia together with weapons, army uniforms, and homes a battle tank on the entrance along with a fighter jet.
The President, who arrived by an IAF helicopter at Madikeri, was acquired by the Minister for Forests, Kannada and Culture Aravind Limbavali, district in-charge Minister V. Somanna, native elected representatives, Deputy Commissioner Charulatha Somal, and different senior officers of the district administration, the present Chief of Army Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat, and senior ex-servicemen from Kodagu had been amongst these current.