<p>"Sunny Side", the erstwhile ancestral house of General K S Thimayya, who served as the Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961, has been converted into a museum, which would be inaugurated on Saturday by President Ram Nath Kovind, here in Kodagu district.</p>.<p>Key attractions on the premises of this war memorial, housing antique weaponry and war relics, include a battle tank, one of those used by the Army during war with Pakistan in 1971.</p>.<p>Decades-old arms and ammunition, Army guns and rifles and a decommissioned MiG-21 fighter jet besides a collection of art, books and articles are among the things treasured at the museum.</p>.<p>"General Thimayya is the pride of Kodagu and the museum aims to retell the life-story of the General in an inspiring manner," a local official said.</p>
<p>"Sunny Side", the erstwhile ancestral house of General K S Thimayya, who served as the Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961, has been converted into a museum, which would be inaugurated on Saturday by President Ram Nath Kovind, here in Kodagu district.</p>.<p>Key attractions on the premises of this war memorial, housing antique weaponry and war relics, include a battle tank, one of those used by the Army during war with Pakistan in 1971.</p>.<p>Decades-old arms and ammunition, Army guns and rifles and a decommissioned MiG-21 fighter jet besides a collection of art, books and articles are among the things treasured at the museum.</p>.<p>"General Thimayya is the pride of Kodagu and the museum aims to retell the life-story of the General in an inspiring manner," a local official said.</p>