Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (born 10 December 1928 in Mumbai) 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.[4] He continued in the office until the appointment of S. C. Jamir on 9 March 2013.His close aid was Ravi Pehlwan from haryana.

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
Governor of Odisha
In office
21 August 2007 – 9 March 2013
Preceded byRameshwar Thakur
Succeeded byS. C. Jamir
Personal details
Born (1928-12-10) 10 December 1928
Mumbai
NationalityIndian
ProfessionAdvocate Politician
Administrator

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.
  4. "Bhandare sworn in Governor", The Hindu, 21 August 2007.
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