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'''Kumudben Manishankar Joshi''' was born on 31 January 1934, to Shri Manishanka Joshi in [[Gujarat]]. She was the Governor of [[Andhra Pradesh]] from 26 November 1985 to 7 February 1990. She was the second female Governor of the state after [[Sharda Mukherjee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Governors of Andhra Pradesh|url=http://governor.ap.nic.in/governor/exgovernors.html|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=21 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403223057/http://governor.ap.nic.in/governor/exgovernors.html|archivedate=3 April 2014}}</ref> She also became [[Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] (October 1980 - January 1982) and [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Deputy Minister of Health and Family Welfare]] (January 1982 - December 1984).<ref>{{cite news|title=Worldwide Guide for women leadership|url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Governors1920.htm|accessdate=21 December 2012|newspaper=Guide2womenleaders}}</ref>

Joshi was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] thrice, from 15 October 1973 to 2 April 1976, 3 April 1976 to 2 April 1982 and from 3 April 1982 to 25 November 1985. She was also the General Secretary, Gujarat P.C.C.

Soon after taking charge, she travelled to all the state's 23 districts and often outside, to create a record of sorts - that of being more active than her 13 predecessors in Hyderabad's [[Raj Bhavan (Hyderabad)|Raj Bhavan]]. Between 26 November 1985 and 30 September 1987 she travelled to the districts on 108 occasions, and outside the state 22 times. [[N. T. Rama Rao|Rama Rao]], the then Chief Minister and his partymen saw this as an attempt by Joshi to build a stronger base for the Congress.

== Controversies ==
Kumudben Manishanker Joshi was under the threats from the ruling [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) during her tenure in the Raj Bhawan.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

The campaign against her hotted up after the state Cabinet adopted a resolution criticising the "tenor and content" of her [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] parade speech "belittling the remarkable progress made by the state".{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

It also asked Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao to write to President [[R. Venkataraman]] in this regard. TDP ministers accused her of behaving like<nowiki>'' a Congress(I) agent''</nowiki>.

In her 20-minute extempore speech in Hindi, Joshi had said: "No state will be able to progress without the support of the [[Government of India]] in implementing development programmes." She pointed out that the Central Government spent Rs 4 crore daily at the [[Visakhapatnam Steel Plant|Vishakhapatnam]] steel project and provided a subsidy ranging from 75 paise to Re 1 for the distribution of foodgrains. Evidently, the top's charge of discrimination towards non-Congress(I) states was at the back of her mind.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Forest Minister G. Muddukrishnama Naidu soon accused her of projecting only centrally-sponsored schemes and glossing over the welfare measures implemented by the state Government. According to Cooperation Minister N. Yethiraja Rao: "She has downgraded the office of the governor to that of a Congress(I) public relations officer."{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Joshi reacted by granting a number of interviews to local newspapers in [[Hyderabad]]. She dismissed the charges as "rubbish" and said, "it is below my dignity to reply to such criticism."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stefaniak|first=B.|last2=Moll|first2=J.|last3=Sliwiński|first3=M.|last4=Dziatkowiak|first4=A.|last5=Zaslonka|first5=J.|last6=Chyliński|first6=S.|last7=Leśniak|first7=K.|last8=Iwaszkiewicz|first8=A.|last9=Iljin|first9=W.|date=1977|title=[Development of technics employed in extracorporeal circulation in the years 1961-1976 in the light of 1,200 cases]|journal=Kardiologia Polska|volume=20|issue=3|pages=247–250|issn=0022-9032|pmid=328977}}</ref>

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