Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (born 10 December 1928 in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
) is an Indian politician. He was a senior
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...
leader from
Maharashtra and a former
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...
member for three terms during 1980–1982, 1982–1988 and 1988–1994. He practices as Senior Advocate of
Supreme Court of India and was President of Supreme Court Bar Association for two terms. Appointed
Governor of Odisha on 19 August 2007,
"Tiwari appointed new Andhra governor"
IST, TNN (''The Times of India''), 20 August 2007. 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
Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir (born 17 October 1931
PTI (''The Hindu''), 19 July 2008.
on 9 March 2013.
References
External links
news article on being appointed as Governor of Orissa
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1928 births
Living people
Indian National Congress politicians
Marathi politicians
Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra
Governors of Odisha