Sharda Mukherjee

{{Short description|Indian socialite and politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Sharada Mukherjee | image = Sharda Mukherjee official portrait.gif | birth_place = | birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1919|02|24}} | death_date = 2007{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} | death_place = | office = 5th [[Governor of Gujarat]] | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = [[Babubhai J. Patel|Babubhai Patel]] [[Madhav Singh Solanki]] | term_start = 14 August 1978 | term_end = 6 August 1983 | predecessor = [[K. K. Viswanathan]] | successor = [[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K. M. Chandy]] | office1 = 10th [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Governor of Andhra Pradesh]] | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | 1namedata1 = [[Jalagam Vengala Rao]] [[Marri Chenna Reddy]] | term_start1 = 5 May 1977 | term_end1 = 14 August 1978 | predecessor1 = [[B. J. Divan]] | successor1 = [[K. C. Abraham]] | office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | term_start2 = 2 April 1962 | term_end2 = 3 March 1967 | predecessor2 = [[Premjibhai Assar]] | prime_minister2 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] [[Indira Gandhi]] | term_start3 = 3 March 1967 | term_end3 = 18 March 1971 | successor3 = Shantaram Peje | constituency3 = [[Ratnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratnagiri, Maharashtra]] | prime_minister3 = [[Indira Gandhi]] | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | spouse = [[Subroto Mukerjee]] | children = | alma_mater = | website = | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = }}

'''Sharada Mukherjee''' (24 February 1919 – 2007{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}) was an Indian socialite and politician who was member of Lok Sabha in 1960s, and later served as Governor of the states of [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Gujarat]].

==Biography== Sharada was born into a [[Marathi people|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 the 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{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|title = 1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928163000/http://www.bssshillong.org/photo2.htm] *[http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=1] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070614033019/http://www.defenceindia.com/defenceind/iaf_legends.html] {{s-start}} {{s-gov}} {{S-bef|before=[[K. K. Viswanathan]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[List of Governors of Gujarat|Governor of Gujarat]] |years=14 August 1978 – 6 August 1983}} {{S-aft|after=[[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K. M. Chandy]]}} {{S-bef|before=[[Justice B.J. Diwan|B. J. Diwan]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[List of Governors of Andhra Pradesh|Governor of Andhra Pradesh]] |years=5 May 1977 – 14 August 1978}} {{S-aft|after=[[K. C. Abraham]]}} {{S-bef|before= [[Premjibhai Assar]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] |years=2 April 1962 – 18 March 1971}} {{S-aft|after=Shantaram Peje}} {{s-end}}

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