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Name
  
B. Rachaiah


Role
  
Politician

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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

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)

Constituency
  
Karnataka

Born
  
10 August 1922 Alur, Chamarajanagar District, British India

Died
  
14 February 2000 (aged 77)

Political party
  
Indian National Congress, Janata Dal

Similar
  
P Shiv Shankar, Virendra Verma, Srinivasa Prasad

Chamarajanagar (sc) Constituency Karnataka loksabha Election Result 1977 B. Rachaiah INC


Basavayya Rachaiah was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chamarajanagar Karnataka in 1977. He was the governor of Kerala. and Himachal Pradesh. 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, B. B. Ningaiah was a minister in the government headed by J. H. Patel. He died in 2000 aged 78.

Siddaramaiah launches works on memorial for B Rachaiah | Mysuru News -  Times of India

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