Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
Governor of Odisha
In office
21 August 2007 – 9 March 2013
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
Preceded byRameshwar Thakur
Succeeded byS. C. Jamir
Personal details
Born (1928-12-10) 10 December 1928
Mumbai, British India
ProfessionAdvocate, politician, public administrator

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (born 10 December 1928) is an Indian politician. He was a senior Indian National Congress leader from Maharashtra and a former Rajya Sabha member for three terms during 1980–1982, 1982–1988 and 1988–1994.[1] He practices as Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India and was President of Supreme Court Bar Association for two terms.[2] Appointed Governor of Odisha on 19 August 2007,[3] he was sworn in on 21 August 2007. On 9 June 2008, he marked the 2nd National Daughters Day of India (Nandini Diwas). He continued in the office until the appointment of S. C. Jamir on 9 March 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Rajya Sabha Members". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "Bio-Data of His Excellency, Shri Mrlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare". Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Tiwari appointed new Andhra governor", IST, TNN (The Times of India), 20 August 2007.
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