B._Rachaiah

B. Rachaiah

B. Rachaiah

Indian politician

Basavaiah Rachaiah (10 August 1922 – 14 February 2000[3]) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Santhemarahalli[4][5] and a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.[6] He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chamarajanagar Karnataka in 1977.[7] He was the governor of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh[8][9] 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.

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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.[10]

Legacy

B Rachayya Circle on Sayyaaji Rao Road Mysore

For services rendered to the State, a circle on SayyajiRao Road in Mysore is named after Sri Rachaiah.

See also

References

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    "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952–2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Reference Made To The Passing Away Of Shri B. Rachaiah". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    RAJYA SABHA, February 23, 2000
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    "Previous MEMBERS OF KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 4th". Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
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    "Previous MEMBERS OF KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 3rd". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
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    Rajya Sabha Previous MEMBERS
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    "Lok Sabha Profile". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  8. [8]
    "Previous Governor Kerala". Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  9. [9]
    PAST GOVERNORS Himachal Pradesh
  10. [10]
    "Siddaramaiah launches works on memorial for B Rachaiah". The Times of India. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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