26-513: Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar (12 March 1911 – 12 August 1973), popularly known as Bhausaheb Bandodkar , was the first Chief Minister of Goa , in the territory of Goa, Daman and Diu . Born in Pernem to a Marathi family who had immigrated from Tuljapur , he became a wealthy mine owner following the Annexation of Goa . He sought to merge the territory with the state of Maharashtra . He swept
52-401: A controversial remark that "if anyone speaks like this, he has to be taught a lesson of his life". He later clarified that he had not targeted any specific individual. In August 2016, Parrikar stated that going to Pakistan is the same thing as "going to hell". In November 2016, Parrikar, while serving as Minister of Defence of India , raised a question about why India should bind itself to
78-657: A referendum to decide the issue of merger or otherwise of Goa, Daman and Diu with Maharashtra/Gujarat was passed by both the houses of the Indian Parliament , the Lok Sabha (on 1 December 1966), and the Rajya Sabha (on 7 December 1966 and the same received the assent of the President of India , Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on 16 December 1966. An opinion poll was subsequently held on 16 January 1967 to decide
104-668: Is chief executive of the Indian state of Goa . As per the Constitution of India , the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister . Following elections to the Goa Legislative Assembly , the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government . The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to
130-653: Is Pramod Sawant of the Bharatiya Janata Party , who was sworn in on 19 March 2019 after the death of Manohar Parrikar on 17 March 2019. Goa, Daman and Diu (Konkani: Goem, Damanv ani Diu) was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the annexation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first Military Governor. ( election ) ( 1967 election ) ( 1972 election ) ( 1977 election ) ( 1980 election ) ( 1984 election ) On 30 May 1987,
156-727: Is sometimes described as having been a pracharak of the RSS. As a member of the BJP, Parrikar was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Goa in 1994. He was leader of the opposition from June to November 1999. He successfully contested the election to become Chief Minister of Goa for the first time on 24 October 2000, but his tenure lasted only until 27 February 2002. In 2001, the Parrikar government had turned over fifty-one government primary schools in rural areas to Vidya Bharati ,
182-523: The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The Indian National Congress termed the trip "wasteful expenditure" and criticized the lack of other government officials or football experts in the delegation. Parrikar often made remarks of controversial nature. In wake of the debate on religious intolerance in India and actor Aamir Khan stating that his wife Kiran Rao had asked to move out of India, Parrikar made
208-576: The Panaji constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly when he was a player in the state politics. In November 2014, Parrikar was chosen as the Minister of Defence replacing Arun Jaitley , who, till then, held additional charge of the Ministry. His entry into the parliament was facilitated by choosing him as the party's candidate for the elected Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh . In 2001,
234-820: The no first use policy. In 2019, an audio tape of Poriem MLA Vishwajit Rane surfaced where he spoke to an unknown person claiming that the Dassault Rafale Aircraft deal papers were in then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's bedroom. Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi attempted to play the alleged audio tape in the Lok Sabha but was not allowed to do so. During March–June 2018, Parrikar was undergoing treatment for what would turn out to be pancreatic cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York , USA . He returned to India and in September
260-515: The BJP only if Parrikar was brought back to the state as Chief Minister. In the 2014 general elections , BJP won both the Lok Sabha seats in Goa. Parrikar was reluctant to leave Goa and move to Delhi in November 2014, by his own admission but was persuaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join central government. Parrikar was preceded by Laxmikant Parsekar as Goa's CM. Parrikar had represented
286-681: The Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu union territory and of Goa state. The first was Dayanand Bandodkar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party , who was succeeded by his daughter Shashikala Kakodkar , Goa's only woman chief minister . Pratapsingh Rane of the Indian National Congress , during whose reign Goa had achieved statehood, is the longest-serving officeholder, with over 15 years across four discontinuous stints. The current incumbent
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#1732782415586312-485: The Parrikar government turned over fifty-one government primary schools in rural areas to Vidya Bharati , the educational wing of the Sangh Parivar , inviting criticism from educationists. He also drew criticism for approving a junket costing at least ₹ 8.9 million (equivalent to ₹ 14 million or US$ 170,000 in 2023) for six government MLAs from the ruling party, including three ministers, to attend
338-584: The Parrikar led BJP was defeated in the Goa state elections by the Congress led by Digambar Kamat . BJP and their party-allies won twenty-four seats against the Congress' nine in the Goa Assembly Elections held in March 2012. In 2014, Parrikar drew criticism for approving a junket costing at least ₹ 8.9 million (equivalent to ₹ 14 million or US$ 170,000 in 2023) for six MLAs from
364-452: The assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits . After the annexation of Goa , the former Portuguese colony became part of the Goa, Daman and Diu union territory. In 1987 Goa achieved full statehood , while Daman and Diu became a separate union territory. Since 1963, thirteen people have served as
390-677: The educational wing of the Hindu nationalist group Sangh Parivar , inviting criticism from certain educationists. On 5 June 2002, he was re-elected and served another term as Chief Minister. On 29 January 2005, his government was reduced to a minority in the Assembly after four BJP MLAs resigned from the House. Pratapsing Rane of the Indian National Congress would subsequently replace Parrikar as Chief Minister. In 2007,
416-490: The evening of 18 March, Parrikar was cremated with full state honours at Miramar in Panaji . In June 2020, a biography titled "An Extraordinary Life : A Biography of Manohar Parrikar" was published by Penguin Random House India. The book, penned by journalists Sadguru Patil and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, documents Parrikar's life and ascent to power. The Indian Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses
442-450: The fate of the union territory which voted to retain its separate status by 34,021 votes. Dayanand Bandodkar died while in office on 12 August 1973 at age 62 and was succeeded by his daughter Shashikala Kakodkar . In 1975 two years after his death his son Siddharth Bandodkar married the actress Leena Chandavarkar . Siddharth Bandodkar died at the age of 25 years on 7 November 1976. Chief Minister of Goa The Chief Minister of Goa
468-544: The final years of his schooling. After graduating from IIT, he resumed RSS work in Mapusa while maintaining a private business, and became a sanghchalak (local director) at the age of 26. He was active in the RSS's North Goa unit, becoming a key organiser of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement . He was seconded by RSS to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with the objective of fighting the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party . He
494-551: The first IITian to become the Chief Minister of a state in India, the first Goan to become a cabinet-rank minister at the Centre, and also the first Chief Minister of a state to continue in office for over a year despite being diagnosed with terminal-stage cancer. Manohar Parrikar was born to a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family in Mapusa , Goa . He studied at Loyola High School , Margao . Parrikar completed his 10th Standard Board Examination at G.S. Amonkar Vidya Mandir, Mapusa which
520-483: The name of Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate before 2013 BJP parliamentary elections convention in Goa. He served in the National Democratic Alliance government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Defence Minister of India from 2014 to 2017. He was a former member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh . He was the first IIT alumnus to serve as MLA of an Indian state,
546-482: The polls in 1963, 1967 and in 1972 while representing the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and remained in power until his death in 1973. Bandodkar was a member of the Gomantak Maratha Samaj in Goa. His proposal to merge Goa with Maharashtra was met with stiff opposition from the native Goans . Indira Gandhi , the then Prime Minister of India then offered him two options: A law to conduct
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#1732782415586572-547: The ruling party, including three ministers, to attend the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The Indian National Congress termed the trip "wasteful expenditure" and criticized the lack of other government officials or soccer experts in the delegation. On 14 March 2017, Parrikar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa. Goa Forward Party led by Vijai Sardesai, one of the parties who allied with BJP in Goa after election results were announced, had said that it would extend support to
598-439: The union territory was split, and Goa was made India's twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining a union territory ( election ) ( 1984 election ) ( 1989 election ) ( 1994 election ) ( 1999 election ) ( 2002 election ) ( 2007 election ) ( 2012 election ) ( 2017 election ) Manohar Parrikar Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019)
624-661: Was admitted in the AIIMS, Delhi for treatment. On 27 October 2018, the Government of Goa announced that Parrikar had pancreatic cancer . He died on 17 March 2019 at the age of 63 from pancreatic cancer at his residence in Panaji . His death was announced by the President of India , Ram Nath Kovind in a tweet condoling his death. His death was condoled by PM Narendra Modi , HM Rajnath Singh , BJP president Amit Shah , INC president Rahul Gandhi , and several other political leaders from all over Goa and India. On
650-406: Was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death. Previously, he was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2019. He also served as the Minister of Defence from October 2014 to March 2017. In January 2020, he was posthumously awarded Padma Bhushan . Parrikar proposed
676-776: Was previously known as New Goa High school. He completed his primary education in Marathi and went on to graduate in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay), in 1978. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Bombay in 2001. Parrikar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at a young age and became a mukhya shikshak (chief instructor) in
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