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'''Minocher Bhandara''' (died June 15, 2008<ref>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15385 MP Bhandara passes away, The News]</ref>), popularly known as Minoo, was a Pakistani businessman and former minority representative and member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] (MNA).<ref>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15385 MP Bhandara passes away, The News]</ref> He belonged to the small [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]]-speaking [[Zoroastrian]] community.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ethnic Angst: A Comparative Study of Bapsi Sidhwa & Rohinton Mistry|page=247|first=Ajay Sahebrao|last=Deshmukh|publisher=Partridge Publishing|date=2014|isbn=9781482841534|quote=Gujarati is the first language of Bapsi Sidhwa and most Parsis.}}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Bhandara was the brother of Pakistani novelist, [[Bapsi Sidhwa]]. His father owned a liquor shop on the Mall in [[Lahore]].<br />
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His son, [[Isphanyar Bhandara]], is the current CEO of [[Murree Brewery]].<ref>[http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/01/26/pakistani-beer-sounds-like-an-oxymoron-but-its-true/ Heildler, Scott, ''Pakistani Beer: Sounds Like an Oxymoron, But It’s True'', 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20110711022310/http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/01/26/pakistani-beer-sounds-like-an-oxymoron-but-its-true/ |date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref><br />
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==Business==<br />
He was the architect and owner of one of the most successful and durable business conglomerates in Pakistan. Amongst his companies was the Murree Brewery, which his father had bought a control share in during the 1940s.<ref>[http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/01/26/pakistani-beer-sounds-like-an-oxymoron-but-its-true/ Heildler, Scott, ''Pakistani Beer: Sounds Like an Oxymoron, But It’s True'', 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20110711022310/http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/01/26/pakistani-beer-sounds-like-an-oxymoron-but-its-true/ |date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref><br />
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==Politics==<br />
He leaves behind a legacy of enlightened political activism. Bhandara, was active as a minority representative and served as MNA from November 16, 2002 to November 15, 2007.<ref>[http://www.na.gov.pk/h_mna_details.html National Assembly of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812102212/http://www.na.gov.pk/h_mna_details.html |date=August 12, 2010 }}</ref><br />
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Minoo also wrote articles in the country's English language newspapers.<ref>Father Francis Nadeem, Yeh Des Hamara Hai, Lahore, p.&nbsp;77</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died in Islamabad on Sunday June 15, 2008 at the age of 71, due to complications as a result of a serious car accident in China several weeks earlier.<ref>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15385 MP Bhandara passes away, The News]</ref><br />
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