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Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare 
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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]
Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare | |
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| 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 | 10 December 1928 Mumbai, British India |
| Profession | Advocate, politician, public administrator |
References edit
- ^ "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.
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