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Indian socialite and politician

Sharada Mukherjee (24 February 1919–2007) was an Indian socialite and politician who was member of Lok Sabha in 1960s, and later served as Governor of the states of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.

Biography

Sharada was born into a Maharashtrian family as Sharada Pandit on 24 February 1919. Her paternal uncle Ranjit S Pandit was married to Vijayalakshmi Pandit, India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's sister. Her mother Saraswatibai Pandit's sister was legendary actress and film personality Durga Khote. She met Subroto Mukerjee, who became the first Indian Air Chief Marshal later and belonged to one of the most distinguished families of Bengal in 1937 in Mumbai. They got married in 1939 and had a son. After the untimely death of her husband in 1960, she entered politics. She was member of 3rd and 4th Lok Sabha, 1962 to 1971, from Ratnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency) of Maharashtra, representing Congress Party. She did not contest 1971 election.

Sharada Mukherjee was governor of Andhra Pradesh from May 1977 to August 1978, and governor of Gujarat from 1978 to 1983. She died in 2007.

References

"1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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Government offices
Preceded byJustice B.J. Diwan	Governor of Andhra Pradesh 1977 – 1978	Succeeded byK.C. Abraham

v t e Governors of Gujarat
Mehdi Nawaz Jung Nityanand Kanungo P. N. Bhagwati Shriman Narayan P. N. Bhagwati Kambanthodath Vishwanatham Sharda Mukherjee Kizhekethil Chandy Braj Kumar Nehru R. K. Trivedi Mahipal Shastri Sarup Singh Naresh Chandra Krishna Pal Singh Anshuman Singh K. G. Balakrishnan* Sunder Singh Bhandari Kailashpati Mishra Balram Jakhar* Nawal Kishore Sharma S. C. Jamir Kamla Beniwal Margaret Alva* Om Prakash Kohli Acharya Devvrat
*Acting

Governors of Gujarat

*Acting

v t e Governors of Andhra Pradesh
C. M. Trivedi B S Sachar S. M. Shrinagesh Pattom A. Thanu Pillai Khandubhai Kasanji Desai S. Obul Reddy Mohan Lal Sukhadia R D Bhandare Justice B.J. Diwan Sharda Mukherjee K. C. Abraham Thakur Ram Lal Shankar Dayal Sharma Kumudben Joshi Krishan Kant Gopala Ramanujam C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala Sushilkumar Shinde Rameshwar Thakur N. D. Tiwari E. S. L. Narasimhan Biswabhusan Harichandan Syed Abdul Nazeer (incumbent)

Governors of Andhra Pradesh

v t e Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee family
1st generation	Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee
2nd generation	Satish Chandra Mukherjee Charulata Mukherjee
3rd generation	Renuka Ray Subroto Mukerjee Sharda Mukherjee Amiya Charan Banerjee
4th generation	Milon K. Banerji
5th generation	Gourab Banerji
Related families	Das family of Telirbagh

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