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PRESIDENTS OF INDIA
B.D.Jatti
Name : B. D. Jatti
Full Name : Basappa Danappa Jatti
Acting President of India
February 11, 1977 to July 25, 1977
Date of Birth : September 10, 1912
Date of Death : June 7, 2002
Place of birth : Savalgi, Bijapur, Karnataka
Nationality : Indian
Gender : Male
Basappa Danappa Jatti was born on September 10, 1912 at Savalgi, Bijapur
district of Karnataka. Jatti graduated as a lawyer from Sykes Law College,
Kolhapur and became a pleader in Jamakhandi. After the 1952 general elections,
he was appointed Minister of Health and Labour of the then Bombay Government and
held that post till the reorganisation of states. He became Chief Minister in
1958 and continued in that office until 1962. Re-elected from Jamkhandi
constituency in the third general elections, Jatti was appointed Finance
Minister on July 2, 1962 in the Nijalingappa Ministry. He was re-elected to the
fourth Assembly from the same constituency and appointed as Minister of Food and
Civil Supplies. Jatti was appointed Lt Governor of Pondicherry in 1968. He
became Orissa Governor in 1973 and, in 1974, assumed office of Vice-President
until 1980. He became acting President India for a brief period (February 11,
1977 to July 25, 1977) after the death of Fakruddin Ali Ahmed. He died on June
7, 2002
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