Murarirao Yeshwantrao Ghorpade (7 December 1931 – 29 October 2011) was an Indian politician. He was the son of the last

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of the

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, a former Princely State. He was a former MLA from Sandur and one-time MP from

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. He also served as Minister for Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Finance in the Karnataka State Government. Ghorpade was the Chairman-emeritus of Sandur Manganese and Iron Ore Pvt. Ltd. (SMIORE). He held a Master's Degree in Economics from the

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. Ghorpade was a wildlife photographer famous for his black-and-white photography.

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