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Basappa Danappa Jatti
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Indira Gandhi , Morarji Desai
- Vice president
- Himself
- Preceded by
- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
- Succeeded by
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- President
- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Himself (acting), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- Chief minister
- Nandini Satpathy
- Governor
- Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
- Constituency
- Jamkhandi
- Born
- Basappa Danappa Jatti , ( 1912-09-10 ) 10 September 1912, Savalagi , Jamakhandi , Bombay Presidency , British India , (present-day Karnataka , India )
- Died
- 7 June 2002 (2002-06-07) (aged 89), Bangalore , Karnataka , India (present-day Bengaluru)
- Party
- Indian National Congress
- Alma mater
- Rajaram College
- Occupation
- Politician
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Savalagi
- Place of death
- Bengaluru
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Indian National Congress
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Basappa Danappa Jatti, 5th Vice President of India.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1912-09-10
- date of death
- 2002-06-07
- name in native language
- बसप्पा दनाप्पा जत्ती
- cause of death
- kidney cancer
- Commons category
- B. D. Jatti
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Basappa Danappa Jatti (pronunciation, 10 September 1912 – 7 June 2002) was the vice president of India, serving from 1974 to 1979. He was the acting president of India from 11 February to 25 July 1977. He also served as the chief minister of Karnataka. Jatti rose from a being a Municipality member to India's second-highest office during a five-decade-long chequered political career.
Early life
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