Recently, Field marshal SHFJ Manekshaw, MC, was asked who, in his opinion, had been the best General of the Indian Army. “Timmy, of course,†General Thimayya was not only a brilliant tactician and strategist but one whose vision went beyond everyone else’s. The challenges he faced, and his response to them, were simply incomparable.†It is amazing how Thimaya became an important actor in some of the major legacies of conflict of the mid 20th century: ...
