General K.S. Thimayya

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:India
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Padma_Bhushan
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1906-03-31
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Madikeri,_Coorg,_British_India
gptkbp:branch Indian Army
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Chief_of_Army_Staff,_Indian_Army
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Thimayya Road, Pune
Thimayya Circle, Bengaluru
INS Thimayya (F43)
Thimayya Park, Mumbai
gptkbp:deathDate 1965-12-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nicosia,_Cyprus
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Kodava
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Kodandera_Subayya_Thimayya
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General K.S. Thimayya
gptkbp:knownFor leadership during the 1948 Kashmir conflict
resignation as Chief of Army Staff (later withdrawn)
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:General_Thimayya_Memorial_Museum,_Madikeri
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:UN_peacekeeping_mission_in_Cyprus
gptkb:Chief_of_Army_Staff,_Indian_Army
service in World War II
service in Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:parent Sitamma
Subayya
gptkbp:predecessor General S.M. Srinagesh
gptkbp:rank gptkb:General
gptkbp:serviceNumber IC-00008
gptkbp:sibling K.S. Belliappa
K.S. Bopaiah
K.S. Devayya
K.S. Gangamma
K.S. Nanjappa
K.S. Ponnappa
K.S. Seethamma
K.S. Somaiah
K.S. Subbamma
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Nina_Thimayya
gptkbp:successor General P.N. Thapar
gptkbp:termEnd 1961-05-07
gptkbp:termStart 1957-05-07
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RIMC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5