B. Rachaiah
Basavaiah Rachaiah (10 August 1922 – 14 February 2000) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Santhemarahalli and 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 and a Dalit leader, a member of the Karnataka state cabinets headed by S. Nijalingappa, B. D. Jatti, Devraj Urs, Veerendra Patil, Ramakrishna Hegde and S. R. Bommai.
Basavaiah 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 | |
| Constituency | Karnataka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1922 Alur, Chamarajanagar District, British India |
| Died | 14 February 2000 (aged 77) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress, Janata Dal |
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Rachaiah was born in 1922 in Chamarajnagar and was an advocate by profession. One of his sons in Law, B. B. Ningaiah, was a minister in the government headed by J. H. Patel. Rachaiah died in 2000 aged 77.
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