Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare was born on December 10, 1928 in Mumbai. Bhandare graduated in B.Sc and thereafter did LL.B. He is the son of Chandrakant Laxmikant Bhandare and Sunanda Bhandare. He is the present Governor of Orissa. Bhandare is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress from the region of Maharashtra. He is also a former Rajya Sabha member. Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare has been sworn in as the 43rd Governor of Orissa in the year 2007. Rameshwar Thakur was replaced by him.

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare is a lawyer by profession. Bhandare is a Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India. He was also the President of Supreme Court Bar Association for 2 terms. In the year 1980, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha for the first time. He served the term for two years. Thereafter he was re elected to Rajya Sabha in 1988 and served it for six years. He has also served as the Chairman of the UN Sub Commission for Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minority from 1984 to 1989. He has also been the chairman of the UNESCO`s Appeals body from 1990 to 2003. He also chaired the post of Chairman of the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award Committee. He is a social worker who has represented India in various countries abroad. He has also campaigned for woman rights and has authored a book in this regard "The World of Gender Justice". He supports the movement of protection of children and rights for physically disabled people. He has also composed several editorials on law, population control, gender equality, and human rights. He has one son and a daughter.

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