India
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Kodagu, Feb 06: ‘Sunny Side’, the erstwhile ancestral house of General Thimayya, who served as the Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961, has been converted into the museum in Kodagu.
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The museum celebrating the life of former Army Chief General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, housing a variety of antique weaponry and war relics, was inaugurated on Saturday by President Ram Nath Kovind.
The memorial museum aims to retell the life-story of the General in an inspiring manner. A statue of the General from Kodagu in uniform greets as one enters the museum, which also showcases a slice of Indian military history.
To guide the visitors, there is a first person narration, explaining the articles and artifacts kept there.
Reflecting on the humility of the great son of the soil of Kodagu, or the erstwhile…