B.D. Jatti was the Acting President of India from 11th February to 25th July, 1977. Jatti was the fifth Vice President of India, serving from 1974 to 1979.
Jatti was born in Bagalkot district of Karnataka on 10th September, 1913. After completing his graduation in law from Rajaram Law College, Kolhapur, B.D. Jatti did his legal practice as an advocate for a very short span of time in his home town, Jamkhandi.
In 1940, while he was practicing law, he took part in municipal elections and became a Municipality member of Jamkhandi which now is a part of Mumbai. Later, he was elected as a member of the Jamkhandi State Legislature, and was appointed a minister in the government of the princely state of Jamkhandi.
In 1958, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Mysore, and continued in this position till 1962. Jatti became more popular in 1968, when he became the Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry.
In 1972, he was appointed as the Governor of Odisha. The subsequent year, in 1974, B.D. Jatti assumed the office of the Vice President of India. He was also the ex- officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha till 1979.
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