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General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya, 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. Gen. Thimayya was the only Indian to command an Infantry brigade in battle during WWII and is regarded as the most distinguished combat officer the Indian Army has produced. After the Korean War, Gen. Thimayya headed a United Nations unit dealing with the repatriation of prisoners of war. Post retirement from the Army, He was appointed Commander of the United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus from Jun 1962 to Dec 1965 and died in Cyprus while on active duty on 18th Dec 1965.