Manohar Parrikar Biography, Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Manohar Parrikar was the perfect example of the phrase ‘Simple Living and High Thinking’. He completed his school education from Loyola High School in Margao and then completed his graduation from the prestigious IIT Bombay. He obtained his degree in metallurgical engineering in 1978. Nandan Nilekani was also from the same batch as Manohar Parrikar in IIT. 

 

He joined RSS at a very young age and was actively working for them after which he joined the National political party BJP and got elected to the Second Legislative Assembly of Goa in 1994. After serving as the leader of the opposition, he became the Chief Minister of Goa for the first time in his political career in 2000. He remained Chief Minister till 2005. In 2012, BJP won the state elections and he was declared the Chief Minister. In 2014, general elections, when his party won the elections in India, he was personally asked by Narendra Modi to come to center but he remained reluctant to leave his home state of Goa but later joined his cabinet as a defence minister. 

 

After he took ever, he was credited for fast and transparent decision making and efficient working of the ministry which otherwise was thought of as a sluggish ministry. He was the one who opened up the previous scam like AugustaWestland Chopper scam. It was during his tenure as defence minister when the famous surgical strike took place. 

 

Recently, in 2017 state elections in Goa, BJP couldn’t form majority and therefore to form the majority the other parties and independent MLA’s made it clear that if Manohar Parrikar will be appointed as CM, only then they will lend their support so he resigned from his post and took oath as CM of GOA on 14th March 2017. He, however, was hospitalized in 2018 and after a struggle of almost a year with his health, finally bid adieu to the world.