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 | Alur, Chamarajanagar District, British India | 10 August 1922
Died | 14 February 2000 | (aged 77)
Political party | Indian National Congress, Janata Dal |
Source: [1] |
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.
For services rendered to the State, a circle on SayyajiRao Road in Mysore is named after Sri Rachaiah.
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