B. D. Jatti
| B. D. Jatti | |
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| ಬಿ.ಡಿ.ಜತ್ತಿ | |
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| Acting President of India | |
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In office 11 February 1977 – 25 July 1977 |
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| Prime Minister |
Indira Gandhi Morarji Desai |
| Preceded by | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Vice-President of India | |
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In office 31 August 1974 – 30 August 1979 |
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| President | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Prime Minister |
Indira Gandhi Morarji Desai Charan Singh |
| Preceded by | Gopal Swarup Pathak |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Hidayatullah |
| Governor of Odisha | |
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In office 8 November 1972 – 20 August 1974 |
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| Chief Minister | Nandini Satpathy |
| Preceded by | Gatikrishna Mishra |
| Succeeded by | Gatikrishna Mishra |
| Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry | |
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In office 14 October 1968 – 7 November 1972 |
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| Chief Minister | Hasan Farook |
| Preceded by | Sayaji Laxman Silam |
| Succeeded by | Chhedilal |
| Chief Minister of Mysore | |
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In office 16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962 |
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| Governor | Jayachamaraja Wodeyar |
| Preceded by | Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa |
| Succeeded by | S. R. Kanthi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Basappa Danappa Jatti ಬಸಪ್ಪ ದಾನಪ್ಪ ಜತ್ತಿ 10 September 1913 Savalagi, Bombay Presidency, British India (now in Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 7 June 2002 (aged 88) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | Shivaji University |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Basappa Danappa Jatti 
pronunciation (10 September 1913 – 7 June 2002) was the fifth Vice-President of India, serving from 1974 to 1979. He was Acting President of India from 11 February 1977 to 25 July 1977. The soft-spoken Jatti rose from a humble beginning as a Municipality member to India's second-highest office during a five-decade-long chequered political career.
Jatti was born in a Kannadiga Lingayat family at Savalgi in Jamkhandi Taluk of Bagalkot district on 10 September 1913. His father was a humble grocer. He braved family difficulties and completed his education. After completing his graduation in Law from Rajaram Law College in Kolhapur, he began his legal practice as an advocate for a very short span of time in his home town Jamkhandi.
In 1940, he entered politics as a Municipality member at Jamkhandi and subsequently became the President of the Jamkhandi Town Municipality in 1945. Later, he was elected as a member of the Jamkhandi State Legislature and was appointed a minister in the government of the pricely state of Jamkhandi. Finally he became the 'dewan' (Chief Minister) of Jamkhandi state in 1948. As dewan, he maintained cordial relations with the Maharaja, Shankar Rao Patwardhan, and brought about the accession of the small principality to the Indian Union. On 8 March 1948 after Jamkhandi was merged with Bombay state, he returned to legal practice and continued with it for 20 months.
Later, Jatti was nominated as member of the Bombay State Legislative Assembly to represent the merged area and within a week of his nomination, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the then Bombay Chief Minister, B. G. Kher. He worked in that capacity for a couple of years. 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.
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