Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare 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. 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, he was sworn in on 21 August. He continued in the office until the appointment of S. C. Jamir on 9 March 2013.