Thimayya was the only Indian who commanded a brigade in World War II and later in Japan as part of the occupation force. He was the only Indian General who was invited to the Japanese surrender ceremony in Singapore; and after whom a boulevard is named in Nicosia, Cyprus, and whose Government also issued a special stamp is his memory.
Format
HardBack
Pages
394 + xxi pp
Year
2006
ISBN
9788187966364
About the Book
Thimayya was the only Indian who commanded a brigade in World War II and later in Japan as part of the occupation force. He was the only Indian General who was invited to the Japanese surrender ceremony in Singapore; and after whom a boulevard is named in Nicosia, Cyprus, and whose Government also issued a special stamp is his memory.
Khanduri is a well known biographer and military historian, is a Post Graduate in Strategic Studies, Fellow of the Indian Council Of Historical Research, and American Biographical Institute.
