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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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