B. D. Jatti

B. D. Jatti
Office portrait, 1975
President of India
Acting
11 February 1977 – 25 July 1977
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Vice PresidentHimself
Preceded byFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Succeeded byNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Vice President of India
In office
31 August 1974 – 30 August 1979
PresidentFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Himself (acting)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Preceded byGopal Swarup Pathak
Succeeded byMohammad Hidayatullah
Governor of Odisha
In office
8 November 1972 – 20 August 1974
Chief MinisterNandini Satpathy
Preceded bySardar Jogendra Singh
Gati Krushna Misra (acting)
Succeeded byGati Krushna Misra (acting)
Akbar Ali Khan
Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
In office
14 October 1968 – 7 November 1972
Chief MinisterHasan Farook
Preceded byS. L. Silam
Succeeded byChhedi Lal
Chief Minister of Mysore State
In office
16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962
GovernorJayachamarajendra Wadiyar
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
ConstituencyJamkhandi
Personal details
BornBasappa Danappa Jatti
(1912-09-10)10 September 1912
Died7 June 2002(2002-06-07) (aged 89)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India (present-day Bengaluru)
PartyIndian National Congress
Alma materRajaram College
OccupationPolitician
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Basappa Danappa Jatti (pronunciation, 10 September 1912 – 7 June 2002) was the 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. Jatti rose from a being a Municipality member to India's second-highest office during a five-decade-long chequered political career.