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==Basappa Danappa Jatti==
Basappa Danappa Jatti who hails from Karnataka, took charge of Vice President on August 31, 1974. He served as Acting President of India for a brief period of time from February-July 1977 after the demise of Dr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. Jatti has also served as the Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry in 1968 and later became the Governor of Odisha in 1972.