Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare

Indian politician (born 1928)

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare


Governor of Odisha
In office 21 August 2007 – 9 March 2013
Chief Minister	Naveen Patnaik
Preceded by	Rameshwar Thakur
Succeeded by	S. C. Jamir

Personal details
Born	(1928-12-10) 10 December 1928 (age 95) Mumbai, British India
Profession	Advocate, 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. His autobiography, titled The Arc of Memory: My Life and TImes^[4] was released in March 2024,^[5]

References

^ "Rajya Sabha Members". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
^ "Bio-Data of His Excellency, Shri Mrlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare". Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
^ "Tiwari appointed new Andhra governor", IST, TNN (The Times of India), 20 August 2007.
^ Bhandare, Murlidhar C. (24 March 2024). "Murlidhar Bhandare's son almost missed his exams in 1973. Rajiv Gandhi came to his rescue". ThePrint. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^ Sharma, Nootan (25 March 2024). "Launch of Murlidhar Bhandare's memoir had no big speeches. His love story was the focus". ThePrint. Retrieved 25 March 2024.