Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
Born	10 December 1928(1928-12-10) Mumbai
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Governor of Orissa
Religion	Hinduism

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (Oriya: ମୁରଲୀଧର ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରକାନ୍ତ ଭଣ୍ଡାରେ; Marathi: मुरलीधर चंद्रकांत भंडारे; born December 10, 1928 in Mumbai) is the Governor of Orissa. He is a senior Indian National Congress leader from Maharashtra, and a former Rajya Sabha member from 1980 to 1994 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]

He was appointed Governor of Orissa on August 19, 2007^[3] and sworn in on August 21.^[4]

Government offices
Preceded by Rameshwar Thakur	Governor of Orissa 2007–present	Incumbent

References

1. ^ "Rajya Sabha Members". http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-30. 
2. ^ http://rajbhavanorissa.gov.in/biodata.htm
3. ^ "Tiwari appointed new Andhra governor", IST, TNN (The Times of India), August 20, 2007.
4. ^ "Bhandare sworn in Governor", The Hindu, August 21, 2007.

External links

• news article on being appointed as Governor of Orissa

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Name	Bhandare, Murlidhar Chandrakant
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Date of birth	December 10, 1928
Place of birth	Mumbai
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