Public Offices Held
- 1945-48 : Minister for Education in the erstwhile princely State of Jamkhandi
- 1948 : Chief Minister (dewan) of Jamkhandi
- 1948-52 : Parliamentary Secretary in the B.G. Kher Government in erstwhile Bombay State
- 1953-56 : Deputy Minister for Health and Labour in the Morarji Desai Government in Bombay
- 1958-62 : Chief Minister of Mysore state
- 1962-68 : Cabinet minister, Government of Mysore
- 1968-72 : Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
- 1972-74 : Governor of Orissa
- 1974-79 : Vice- President of India
- Acting President for six months in 1977.
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