Sharada Mukherjee (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 Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

and

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

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 Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee OBE (Bengali: সুব্রত মুখোপাধ্যায়) (5 March 1911 – 8 November 1960) was an Indian military officer who was the first Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Air Force. He wa ...

, 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) Ratnagiri was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Maharashtra. In 2008, it was merged with some other areas to form a new Lok Sabha seat called Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Parliament Election results ...

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.

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