| Office | Governor of Kerala
|
|---|---|
| Office | 6th Governor of Himachal Pradesh |
| Office | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Office | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
|
| Predecessor | Sarup Singh |
| Successor | P. Shiv Shankar
|
| Born | 1922-8-10 |
| Born | Alur, Chamarajanagar District, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age[1]
|
| Political party | Indian National Congress, Janata Dal
|
Basavayya Rachaiah (10 August 1922 – 14 February 2000[2]) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly[3][4] and a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.[5] He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chamarajanagar Karnataka in 1977.[6] He was the governor of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh[7][8] 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.
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.[9]
Legacy
For services rendered to the State, a circle on SayyajiRao Road in Mysore is named after Sri Rachaiah.
See also
References
- ↑ Reference Made To The Passing Away Of Shri B. Rachaiah. Indian Kanoon.
- ↑ RAJYA SABHA, February 23, 2000
- ↑ Previous MEMBERS OF KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 4th. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ↑ Previous MEMBERS OF KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 3rd. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ↑ Rajya Sabha Previous MEMBERS
- ↑ Lok Sabha Profile. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ↑ Previous Governor Kerala. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ↑ PAST GOVERNORS Himachal Pradesh
- ↑ Siddaramaiah launches works on memorial for B Rachaiah. The Times of India(11 August 2017).