B. Rachaiah

Basavayya Rachaiah (10 August 1922 – 14 February 2000[2]) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.[3][4] He was 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] He was a Dalit leader, who was a member of the Karnataka state cabinets headed by S. Nijalingappa, B. D. Jatti, Devraj Urs, Veerendra Patil, Ramakrishna Hegde and S. R. Bommai.

Basavayya Rachaiah
Governor of Kerala
In office
20 December 1990 – 9 November 1995
Preceded bySarup Singh
Succeeded byP. Shiv Shankar
6th Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office
16 February 1990 – 19 December 1990
Preceded byH. A. Brari
(Additional charge)
Succeeded byVirendra Verma
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byS.M. Siddaiah
Succeeded bySrinivasa Prasad
ConstituencyChamarajanagar, Karnataka
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1974–1977 [1]
ConstituencyKarnataka
Personal details
Born(1922-08-10)10 August 1922
Alur, Chamarajanagar District, British India
Died14 February 2000(2000-02-14) (aged 77)
Political partyIndian National Congress, Janata Dala

He was born in 1922 in Chamarajnagar. He an advocate by profession. One of his sons in Law, B. B. Ningaiah was a minister in the government headed by J. H. Patel. He died in 2000 aged 78.

For the services rendered to the State, A circle on SayyajiRao Road in Mysore is named after Sri rachaiah

B Rachayya Circle on Sayyaaji Rao Road Mysore

See also
  • List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh
  • List of Governors of Kerala

References
  1. "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 – 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. RAJYA SABHA, February 23, 2000
  3. "Previous MEMBERS OF KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 4th". Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  4. "Previous MEMBERS OF KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 3rd". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  5. Rajya Sabha Previous MEMBERS
  6. "Lok Sabha Profile". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  7. "Previous Governor Kerala". Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  8. PAST GOVERNORS Himachal Pradesh
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