B. D. Jatti

Basappa Danappa Jatti pronunciation  (10 September 1913 – 7 June 2002) was an Indian politician. He was the fifth Vice President of India from 1974 to 1979. He was Acting President of India from 11 February to 25 July 1977.^[2] He was a member of the Indian National Congress. Jatti was born in Savalagi, Bombay Presidency, British India.

His Excellency Basappa Jatti
President of India Acting
In office 11 February 1977 – 25 July 1977
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi Morarji Desai
Preceded by	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Succeeded by	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
5th Vice President of India
In office 31 August 1974 – 30 August 1979
President	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi Morarji Desai Charan Singh
Preceded by	Gopal Swarup Pathak
Succeeded by	Mohammad Hidayatullah
9th Governor of Odisha
In office 8 November 1972 – 20 August 1974
Chief Minister	Nandini Satpathy
Preceded by	Gatikrishna Mishra
Succeeded by	Gatikrishna Mishra
Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
In office 14 October 1968 – 7 November 1972
Chief Minister	Hasan Farook
Preceded by	Sayaji Laxman Silam
Succeeded by	Chhedilal
Chief Minister of Mysore
In office 16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962
Governor	Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
Preceded by	Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa
Succeeded by	S. R. Kanthi
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Karnataka
In office 26 March 1952 – 12 October 1968
Preceded by	Seat establshed
Succeeded by	S. M. Athani[1]
Constituency	Jamkhandi
Personal details
Born	Basappa Danappa Jatti (1912-09-10)10 September 1912 Savalagi, Jamakhandi, Bombay Presidency, British India (now in Karnataka, India)
Died	7 June 2002(2002-06-07) (aged 89) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Alma mater	Rajaram College

Jatti died on 7 June 2002 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India from kidney cancer at the age of 88.^[3]