B. Rachaiah
Basavayya Rachaiah | |
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Governor of Kerala | |
In office 20 December 1990 – 9 November 1995 | |
Preceded by | Sarup Singh |
Succeeded by | P. Shiv Shankar |
6th Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
In office 16 February 1990 – 19 December 1990 | |
Preceded by | H. A. Brari (Additional charge) |
Succeeded by | Virendra Verma |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1977–1980 | |
Preceded by | S.M. Siddaiah |
Succeeded by | Srinivasa Prasad |
Constituency | Chamarajanagar, Karnataka |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1974–1977 [1] | |
Constituency | Karnataka |
Personal details | |
Born | Alur, Chamarajanagar District, British India | 10 August 1922
Died | 14 February 2000 | (aged 77)
Political party | Indian National Congress, Janata Dala |
Source: [1] |
Basavayya Rachaiah (10 August 1922 – 14 February 2000[2]) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.[3][4] He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.[5] He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chamarajanagar Karnataka in 1977.[6] He was the governor of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.[7][8] He was a Dalit leader, who was a member of the Karnataka state cabinets headed by S. Nijalingappa, B. D. Jatti, Devraj Urs, Veerendra Patil, Ramakrishna Hegde and S. R. Bommai.
He was born in 1922 in Chamarajnagar. He an advocate by profession. One of his sons in Law, B. B. Ningaiah was a minister in the government headed by J. H. Patel. He died in 2000 aged 78.
For the services rendered to the State, A circle on SayyajiRao Road in Mysore is named after Sri rachaiah
See also
References
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- ^ PAST GOVERNORS Himachal Pradesh