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{{Short description|Indian politician and Member of 7th and 8th Lok Sabha}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member, Land Reforms Committee, Karnataka State
| termend3 = 1984
| constituency3 = [[Raichur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| constituency2 = [[Gangawati (Karnataka Assembly constituency)]]
| education = [[M.A.]], [[LL.B]].
| termend = 1959
| office1 = Chairman, Karnataka State Financial Corporation
| termstart1 = 1970
| termend1 = 1972
| office2 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart2 = 1957
| termend2 = 1962
| office3 = Member of [[7th Lok Sabha]]
| termstart3 = 1980
| office4 = Member of [[8th Lok Sabha]]
| termend4 = 27 November 1989
| termstart = 1958
| termstart4 = 31 December 1984
| office5 = Member, Committee on Public Undertaking
| termstart5 = 1985
| termend5 = 1986
| spouse = Vijaya Devi Desai
| birth_place = Hunsihal Village, [[Raichur District]]
| alma_mater = [[Osmania University]], [[Nagpur University]] and [[Allahabad University]].
| parents = Venkatrao Desai (father)
| children = 4 Sons and 2 Daughters
| profession = Lawyer, Industrialist and Agriculturist
| party = [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| constituency4 = [[Raichur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
}}

'''B. V. Desai''' ('''Desai Bhimsain Rao''') is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament in [[7th Lok Sabha]] (1980) and [[8th Lok Sabha]] (1984) from [[Raichur (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[Karnataka]] State.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/lokprev.aspx|access-date=2021-06-24|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=People|first=India Parliament House of the|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkdPAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=B.+V.+Desai&q=B.+V.+Desai&hl=en|title=Lok Sabha Debates|last2=Sabha|first2=India Parliament Lok|date=1985|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkMdAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=B.+V.+Desai+raichur&q=B.+V.+Desai+raichur&hl=en|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|date=May 1985|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duAy2Ig69jUC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=B.+V.+Desai+raichur&q=B.+V.+Desai+raichur&hl=en|title=Indian Trade Journal|date=July 1975|publisher=Department of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.|language=en}}</ref> He was also member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] (First Assembly - 1957).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Karnataka Election Results 1957, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 1957|url=https://www.elections.in/karnataka/assembly-constituencies/1957-election-results.html|access-date=2021-06-24|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>

== Early life and family ==
B. V. Desai was born in Hunsihal Village, [[Raichur District]]. Venkatrao Desai was his father. He completed his education from [[Osmania University]], [[Nagpur University]] and [[University of Allahabad|Allahabad University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2718.htm|access-date=2021-06-24|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Chaturvedi|first=Shailendra Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUgmAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=B.+V.+Desai+raichur&q=B.+V.+Desai+raichur&hl=en|title=The Seventh Lok Sabha Election: An Analysis of Peoples' Verdict|date=1981|publisher=Grantham|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
B. V. Desai was married to Smt. Vijaya Devi Desai. The couple had four sons and two daughters.

He was Lawyer, Industrialist and Agriculturist by profession.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Exhibition|first=Mysore (India : State) Dasara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TuctAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=B.+V.+Desai+raichur&q=B.+V.+Desai+raichur&hl=en|title=Souvenir|date=1959|language=en}}</ref>

== Positions held ==
* Founder Trustee, Lakshmi Venkatesh Desai College Trust, Raichur.<ref name=":1" />
* 1958 - 1959 - Member of Land Reforms Committee, Karnataka State.<ref name=":1" />
* 1970 - 1972 - Chairman of Karnataka State Financial Corporation.<ref name=":1" />
* 1957 - 1962 - Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from [[Gangawati (Karnataka Assembly constituency)]]<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
* 1980 - 1984 - Member of [[7th Lok Sabha]].<ref name=":1" />
* 1984 - 1989 - Member of [[8th Lok Sabha]]. (1985 - 1986) Member of Committee on Public Undertaking.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Osmania University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Allahabad alumni]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:Possibly living people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]

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