B. D. Jatti

B. D. Jatti
President of India
In office
11 February 1977 – 25 July 1977
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Preceded byFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Succeeded byNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
5th Vice President of India
In office
31 August 1974 – 30 August 1979
PresidentFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Prime MinisterChaudhary Charan Singh
Morarji Desai
Charan Singh
Preceded byGopal Swarup Pathak
Succeeded byMohammad Hidayatullah
9th Governor of Odisha
In office
8 November 1972 – 20 August 1974
Chief MinisterNandini Satpathy
Preceded byGatikrishna Mishra
Succeeded byGatikrishna Mishra
Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
In office
14 October 1968 – 7 November 1972
Chief MinisterHasan Farook
Preceded bySayaji Laxman Silam
Succeeded byChhedilal
5th Chief Minister of Mysore State
In office
16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962
Preceded bySiddavanahalli Nijalingappa
Succeeded byS. R. Kanthi
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Karnataka
In office
26 March 1952 – 12 October 1968
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byS. M. Athani[1]
ConstituencyJamkhandi
Personal details
Born
Basappa Danappa Jatti

(1912-09-10)10 September 1912
Savalagi, Jamakhandi, Bombay Presidency, British India
(present-day Karnataka, India)
Died7 June 2002(2002-06-07) (aged 89)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India (present-day Bengaluru)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Alma materRajaram College
OccupationPolitician

Basappa Danappa "B. D." Jatti (pronunciation) (10 September 1912 – 7 June 2002)[2] was the fifth vice president of India, serving from 1974 to 1979. He was the acting president of India from 11 February to 25 July 1977. He also served as the chief minister of Karnataka.[3] Jatti rose from a being a Municipality member to India's second-highest office during a five-decade-long chequered political career.

  1. ^ http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/4assemblymemberslist.htm Fourth Karnataka Legislative Assembly (ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನ ಸಭೆ)
  2. ^ "B.D. Jatti | Chief Minister of Karnataka | Personalities". Karnataka.com. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ Special Correspondent (8 September 2012). "B.D. Jatti birth centenary on Monday". The Hindu. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)