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.
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