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Know about ‘The Man of Simplicity’ “Manohar Parrikar”

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Dear GK Reader, as you all know, The Man of Simplicity, Mr. Manohar Parrikar four-times Goa’s Chief Minister died on 17-March-2019 at the age of 63, he was the People loving Chief Minister of Goa State. He lived his life in a simple way and this style made him the different personality of Indian Politics. On 17-March-2019 President Ram Nath Kovind condoled  the news of Manohar Parikal death. The Goa Government has declared one day holiday on Monday (17-March-2019) and seven days of sorrow. Below are few notes on his entire life which describe him in a better way.

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Top 20 Facts about “Manohar Parrikar”

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1. Manohar Parrikar was born in 13 December 1955.
2. He was an Indian politician and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.
3. He was the Chief Minister of Goa(2000-2005, 2012-2014, 2017-2019).
4. He serves as Defense Minister of India from 2014 to 2017.
5. He was a former member of the “Rajya Sabha” from Uttar Pradesh.
6. Manohar Parrikar was born in Mapusa, Goa.
7. He studied at Loyola High School, Margao.
8. He completed his secondary education in Marathi and after that went on to graduate in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay).
9. In 1978 he was the first IIT alumnus to serve as MLA of Indian state Goa.
10. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2001.
11. He was active in the RSS’s North Goa unit, becoming a key organizer of the “Ram Janmabhoomi movement”.
12. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Goa in 1994.
13. He was leader of the opposition from June to November 1999.
14. He became Chief Minister of Goa for the first time in 24 October 2000.
15. On 5 June 2002, he was re-elected and served another term as Chief Minister.
16. Parrikar had represented the “Panaji” constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly.
17. He served as Defense Minister of India from 9 Nov. 2014 – 13 March 2017.
18. He passed away on 17 March 2019 at the age of 63 years.
19. He was suffering from Pancreatic Cancer.
20. He died in 17-March-2019.
    

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List of Defense Ministers of India:

S. NO.	Name	Term of office	Political party /Alliance
1	Baldev Singh	2 Sept. 1946 – 10 May 1952	Indian National Congress
2	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	1952—1953	Indian National Congress
3	Jawaharlal Nehru	1953—1955	Indian National Congress
4	Kailash Nath Katju	1955—1957	Indian National Congress
5	Jawaharlal Nehru	1957—1957	Indian National Congress
6	V. K. Krishna Menon	1957—1962	Indian National Congress
7	Jawaharlal Nehru	1962—1962	Indian National Congress
8	Yashwantrao Chavan	1962—1966	Indian National Congress
9	Swaran Singh	1966—1970	Indian National Congress
10	Jagjivan Ram	1970—1974	Indian National Congress
11	Swaran Singh	1974—1975	Indian National Congress
12	Indira Gandhi	1975—1975	Indian National Congress
13	Bansi Lal	21 Dec. 1975 – 24 March 1977	Indian National Congress
14	Jagjivan Ram	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979	Janata Party
15	Chidambaram Subramaniam	28 July 1979 – 14 Jan. 1980	Janata Party (Secular)
16	Indira Gandhi	16 Jan. 1980 – 15 Jan. 1982	Indian National Congress
17	R. Venkataraman	15 Jan. 1982 – 2 Aug. 1984	Indian National Congress
18	Shankarrao Chavan	2 Aug. 1984 – 31 Dec. 1984	Indian National Congress
19	P. V. Narasimha Rao	31 Dec. 1984 – 25 Sept. 1985	Indian National Congress
20	Rajiv Gandhi	25 Sept. 1985 – 24 Jan. 1987	Indian National Congress
21	V. P. Singh	24 Jan. 1987 – 12 April 1987	Indian National Congress
22	K. C. Pant	12 April 1987 – 1 Dec. 1989	Indian National Congress
23	V. P. Singh	2 Dec. 1989 – 10 Nov. 1990	Janata Dal
24	Chandra Shekhar	10 Nov. 1990 – 21 June 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party
25	Sharad Pawar	21 June 1991 – 6 March 1993
26	P. V. Narasimha Rao	6 March 1993 – 16 May 1996	Indian National Congress
27	Pramod Mahajan	16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party
28	Mulayam Singh Yadav	1 June 1996 – 19 March 1998	Samajwadi Party
29	George Fernandes	19 March 1998 – 16 March 2001	Samata Party
30	Jaswant Singh	16 March 2001 – 21 Oct. 2001	Bharatiya Janata Party
31	George Fernandes	21 Oct. 2001 – 22 May 2004	Samata Party
32	Pranab Mukherjee	22 May 2004 – 24 Oct. 2006	Indian National Congress
33	A.K. Antony	24 Oct. 2006 – 26 May 2014	Indian National Congress
34	Arun Jaitley	26 May 2014 – 9 Nov. 2014	Bharatiya Janata Party
35	Manohar Parrikar	9 Nov. 2014 – 13 March 2017	(National Democratic Alliance)
36	Arun Jaitley	13 March 2017 – 3 Sept. 2017	(National Democratic Alliance)
37	Nirmala Sitharaman	3 Sept. 2017 –	(National Democratic Alliance)

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