Manohar Parrikar

Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar was born on 13 December 1955, to a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) family{{Cite web|date=2014-11-23|title=Forward castes must think forward as well|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-view/forward-castes-must-think-forward-as-well/story-SQ9mT9rE8zOGDSyhO5If3K.html|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090943/https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-view/forward-castes-must-think-forward-as-well/story-SQ9mT9rE8zOGDSyhO5If3K.html|url-status=live}} in Mapuçá, Portuguese Goa.{{cite web|url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member.php?id=42|title=Shri. Manohar Parrikar – M.L.A – Goa Legislative Assembly|access-date=10 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925192608/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member.php?id=42|archive-date=25 September 2011|url-status=live}} He studied at Loyola High School in Margao.{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=111238|title=English Releases|access-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151222/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=111238|archive-date=19 February 2018|url-status=live}} Parrikar completed his Secondary School Certificate at G. S. Amonkar Vidya Mandir, Mapusa, which 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/alumni/en/awards/2001/distinguished-alumnus/mr-manohar-parrikar |title=Mr. Manohar Parrikar | Alumni and Corporate Relations |access-date=19 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040812/http://www.iitb.ac.in/alumni/en/awards/2001/distinguished-alumnus/mr-manohar-parrikar |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live}}

Parrikar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at a young age and became a mukhya shikshak (chief instructor) in 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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} 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.{{cite news |title=All you need to know about Manohar Parrikar |newspaper=The Economic Times|date=8 November 2014 |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/all-you-need-to-know-about-manohar-parrikar/articleshow/45076586.cms |access-date=8 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061257/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/all-you-need-to-know-about-manohar-parrikar/articleshow/45076586.cms |archive-date=9 March 2017 |url-status=live}} He is sometimes described as having been a pracharak of the RSS.{{cite news |title=Manohar Parrikar agrees to shift to Delhi, Modi meets President |newspaper=India Today |date=6 November 2014 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/manohar-parrikar-narendra-modi-cabinet-reshuffle-defence-minister-pranab-mukherjee/1/399371.html |access-date=8 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109121826/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/manohar-parrikar-narendra-modi-cabinet-reshuffle-defence-minister-pranab-mukherjee/1/399371.html |archive-date=9 November 2014 |url-status=live}}

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, the educational wing of the Hindu nationalist group Sangh Parivar, inviting criticism from certain educationists.{{citation|last=Visweswaran|first=Kamala|title=The Hindutva view of history: Rewriting textbooks in India and the United States|url=http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19332402/1365020227/name/witzel_at_washington.pdf|journal=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs|year=2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031716/http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19332402/1365020227/name/witzel_at_washington.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=16 November 2015|display-authors=etal|archive-date=17 November 2015|pages=101–112}}{{citation|author=Frederick Noronha|author-link=Frederick Noronha|title=Questionable Initiatives in Education|date=30 June 2001|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=36|number=26|pages=2322–2325|jstor=4410796}}

On 5 June 2002, he was re-elected and served another term as Chief Minister.{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TicoqhVIpQjd3Dxl0X7GZM/Manohar-Parrikar-BJPs-poster-boy-in-Goa-returns-as-chief-m.html|title=Manohar Parrikar: BJP's poster boy in Goa returns as chief minister|last=PTI|date=16 March 2017|access-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219152044/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TicoqhVIpQjd3Dxl0X7GZM/Manohar-Parrikar-BJPs-poster-boy-in-Goa-returns-as-chief-m.html|archive-date=19 February 2018|url-status=live}} 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.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

In 2007, 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. After coming to power on the promise of getting rid of casinos from the state, in 2014 Parrikar granted permanent licenses to casinos in Goa.{{cite news |title=After Fighting Against Goa's Casinos, Parrikar Gives Them What They Want |url=https://thewire.in/politics/parrikar-gives-casinos-always-wanted-permanent-base-goa |access-date=21 May 2025 |work=The Wire |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Team |first1=DNA Web |title=Casinos are now 'fait accompli' of Goa govt: Manohar Parrikar |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-casinos-are-now-fait-accompli-of-goa-govt-manohar-parrikar-2256089 |access-date=21 May 2025 |work=DNA India |language=en}}

In 2014, Parrikar drew criticism for approving a junket costing at least {{INRConvert|8.9|m|lk=r|year=2014}} for six MLAs from 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.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goa-ministers-MLAs-edge-out-babus-in-Rs-89-lakh-junket-to-Brazil/articleshow/36406072.cms|title=Goa ministers, MLAs edge out babus in Rs 89 lakh junket to Brazil|last=Mergulhao|first=Marcus|author-link=Marcus Mergulhao|date=12 June 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=26 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615235049/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goa-ministers-MLAs-edge-out-babus-in-Rs-89-lakh-junket-to-Brazil/articleshow/36406072.cms|archive-date=15 June 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-cm-manohar-parrikar-sends-mlas-on-fifa-world-cup-junket-ignores-football-legends-1995055|title=Goa CM Manohar Parrikar sends MLAs on FIFA World Cup junket, ignores football legends|date=12 June 2014|website=DNA India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110054834/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-cm-manohar-parrikar-sends-mlas-on-fifa-world-cup-junket-ignores-football-legends-1995055|archive-date=10 January 2016|url-status=live|access-date=29 May 2016}}

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 the BJP only if Parrikar was brought back to the state as Chief Minister.{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/goa-election-result-cm-parrikar-mgp-gfp/1/902755.html|title=Manohar Parrikar appointed Goa chief minister|website=India Today|date=12 March 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314043912/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/goa-election-result-cm-parrikar-mgp-gfp/1/902755.html|archive-date=14 March 2017|access-date=14 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/manohar-parrikar-bjp-goa-chief-minister-congress-floor-test-mridula-sinha-4569115/|title=Manohar Parrikar back in Goa saddle, ordered to prove majority in House Thursday|date=15 March 2017|website=The Indian Express|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314175405/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/manohar-parrikar-bjp-goa-chief-minister-congress-floor-test-mridula-sinha-4569115/|archive-date=14 March 2017|access-date=14 March 2015}}

In the 2014 general elections, BJP won both the Lok Sabha seats in Goa.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Church-feels-alienated-and-sidelined-by-Parsekar/89655.html|title=Herald: Church feels alienated and sidelined by Parsekar|work=oHeraldo|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614071547/http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Church-feels-alienated-and-sidelined-by-Parsekar/89655.html|archive-date=14 June 2015|url-status=live}} 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 the Panaji constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly when he was a player in the state politics.{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-13/news/56060843_1_goa-mla-bjp-candidate-bjp-legislators|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125214518/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-13/news/56060843_1_goa-mla-bjp-candidate-bjp-legislators|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2016|title=Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to resign as Goa MLA|date=13 November 2014|website=timesofindia-economictimes|access-date=29 May 2016}}

In November 2014, Parrikar was chosen as the Minister of Defence replacing Arun Jaitley, who, till then, held additional charge of the Ministry.{{cite news|title=Manohar Parrikar, an IIT-Mumbai Graduate, Likely to be New Defence Minister|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/people/manohar-parrikar-an-iit-mumbai-graduate-likely-to-be-new-defence-minister-617205|access-date=6 November 2014|publisher=NDTV|date=6 November 2014}} 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, 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.{{citation |last=Visweswaran |first=Kamala |display-authors=etal |title=The Hindutva view of history: Rewriting textbooks in India and the United States |journal=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |year=2009 |pages=101–112 |url=http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19332402/1365020227/name/witzel_at_washington.pdf |access-date=16 November 2015 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031716/http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19332402/1365020227/name/witzel_at_washington.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{citation |author=Frederick Noronha |title=Questionable Initiatives in Education |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=36 |number=26 |date=30 June 2001 |pages=2322–2325 |jstor=4410796}} He also drew criticism for approving a junket costing at least {{INRConvert|8.9|m|lk=r|year=2014}} for six government MLAs from the ruling party, including three ministers, to attend 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.{{cite news |last=Mergulhao |first=Marcus |date=12 June 2014 |title=Goa ministers, MLAs edge out babus in Rs 89 lakh junket to Brazil |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goa-ministers-MLAs-edge-out-babus-in-Rs-89-lakh-junket-to-Brazil/articleshow/36406072.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=26 May 2016 |archive-date=15 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615235049/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goa-ministers-MLAs-edge-out-babus-in-Rs-89-lakh-junket-to-Brazil/articleshow/36406072.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-cm-manohar-parrikar-sends-mlas-on-fifa-world-cup-junket-ignores-football-legends-1995055 |title=Goa CM Manohar Parrikar sends MLAs on FIFA World Cup junket, ignores football legends |date=12 June 2014 |website=DNA India |access-date=29 May 2016 |archive-date=10 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110054834/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-cm-manohar-parrikar-sends-mlas-on-fifa-world-cup-junket-ignores-football-legends-1995055 |url-status=live }}

Parrikar often made remarks of controversial nature.{{cite web |title=Controversy's child: Statements made by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/nation/2016/nov/29/controversys-child-statements-made-by-defence-minister-manohar-parrikar-100124.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=29 November 2016}} 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 a controversial remark that "if anyone speaks like this, he has to be taught a lesson of his life".{{cite news |last1=Biswas |first1=Partha Sarathi |title=Parrikar takes swipe at actor (Aamir): those who speak like this must be taught lesson |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/parrikar-takes-swipe-at-actor-aamir-khan-intolerance-remark-those-who-speak-like-this-must-be-taught-lesson-2945440/ |work=The Indian Express |date=31 July 2016 |archive-date=24 June 2018 |access-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175755/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/parrikar-takes-swipe-at-actor-aamir-khan-intolerance-remark-those-who-speak-like-this-must-be-taught-lesson-2945440/ |url-status=live }} He later clarified that he had not targeted any specific individual.{{cite news |title=Manohar Parrikar clarifies his remark on Aamir Khan, says 'comment not pointed out at anyone specifically' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Manohar-Parrikar-clarifies-his-remark-on-Aamir-Khan-says-comment-not-pointed-out-at-anyone-specifically/articleshow/53479663.cms |work=The Times of India |date=1 August 2016 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |access-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804183000/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Manohar-Parrikar-clarifies-his-remark-on-Aamir-Khan-says-comment-not-pointed-out-at-anyone-specifically/articleshow/53479663.cms |url-status=live }} In August 2016, Parrikar stated that going to Pakistan is the same thing as "going to hell".{{cite news |title=Going to Pakistan same as going to hell, says Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/going-to-pakistan-same-as-going-to-hell-says-defence-minister-manohar-parrikar/ |work=The Indian Express |date=17 August 2016 |archive-date=24 June 2018 |access-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175827/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/going-to-pakistan-same-as-going-to-hell-says-defence-minister-manohar-parrikar/ |url-status=live }} In November 2016, Parrikar, while serving as Minister of Defence of India, raised a question about why India should bind itself to the no first use policy.{{cite news |title=Why bind ourselves to 'no first use policy', says Parrikar on India's nuke doctrine |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Why-bind-ourselves-to-%E2%80%98no-first-use-policy%E2%80%99-says-Parrikar-on-India%E2%80%99s-nuke-doctrine/article16442100.ece |work=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu Group |date=10 November 2016 |language=en-IN |archive-date=5 December 2016 |access-date=27 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205083607/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Why-bind-ourselves-to-%E2%80%98no-first-use-policy%E2%80%99-says-Parrikar-on-India%E2%80%99s-nuke-doctrine/article16442100.ece |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite news

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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 was admitted in the AIIMS, Delhi for treatment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/goa-cm-manohar-parrikar-returns-home-after-treatment-in-us-visits-temple-in-goa-1260979-2018-06-15|title=Goa CM Manohar Parrikar returns home after treatment in US, visits temple in Goa|date=15 June 2018|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-12-12|first3=2018 13:06|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225115/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/goa-cm-manohar-parrikar-returns-home-after-treatment-in-us-visits-temple-in-goa-1260979-2018-06-15|url-status=live}} On 27 October 2018, the Government of Goa announced that Parrikar had pancreatic cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/manohar-parrikar-has-pancreatic-cancer-reveals-goa-health-minister/article25347338.ece|title=Manohar Parrikar has pancreatic cancer, reveals Goa Health Minister|first=Prakash|last=Kamat|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 October 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|access-date=28 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226074241/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/manohar-parrikar-has-pancreatic-cancer-reveals-goa-health-minister/article25347338.ece|url-status=live}}

He died on 17 March 2019 at the age of 63 from pancreatic cancer at his residence in Panaji.{{cite news |last1=Kamat |first1=Prakash |title=President Ram Nath Kovind announces death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/goa-chief-minister-manohar-parrikar-critical/article26559334.ece |work=The Hindu |date=17 March 2019 |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-date=7 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907144219/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/goa-chief-minister-manohar-parrikar-critical/article26559334.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/goa-chief-minister-manohar-parrikar-battling-illness-dies-at-63-updates-2008973 |title=Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister, Dies at 63 After Battling Cancer: Updates |author=Niharika Banerjee |publisher=NDTV |date=17 March 2019 |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317223303/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/goa-chief-minister-manohar-parrikar-battling-illness-dies-at-63-updates-2008973 |url-status=live }} His death was announced by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind in a tweet condoling his death.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/the-man-who-changed-goan-politics/articleshow/68453523.cms|title=Manohar Parrikar – The man who changed Goan politics|website=The Times of India|date=18 March 2019 }} 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 the evening of 18 March, Parrikar was cremated with full state honours at Miramar in Panaji.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/live-updates-manohar-parrikar-to-be-accorded-state-funeral-with-full-military-honours-at-miramar-beach/liveblog/68452853.cms|title=Manohar Parrikar funeral updates: Manohar Parrikar cremated with full state honours|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-03-18|archive-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318045010/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/live-updates-manohar-parrikar-to-be-accorded-state-funeral-with-full-military-honours-at-miramar-beach/liveblog/68452853.cms|url-status=live}}

In June 2020, a biography titled An Extraordinary Life: A Biography of Manohar Parrikar was published by Penguin Random House India. The book, written by journalists Sadguru Patil and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, documents Parrikar's life and political career.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-09|title=An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar. An Excerpt|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/an-extraordinary-life-a-biography-of-manohar-parrikar-an-excerpt-6449030/|access-date=2020-08-30|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}

• 2020: Padma Bhushan by Government of India
• 2018: Honorary Doctorate by National Institute of Technology Goa on 28 September 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/manohar-parrikar-conferred-honorary-doctorate-by-nit-goa/317317|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928100201/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/manohar-parrikar-conferred-honorary-doctorate-by-nit-goa/317317|archive-date=28 September 2018|title=Manohar Parrikar Conferred Honorary Doctorate By NIT Goa|date=28 September 2018|access-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live}}
• 2012: CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in politics category{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-of-the-year-2012-winners-announced/310199-3-244.html | title=CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2012 | date=12 December 2012 | agency=IBN live | access-date=13 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214025125/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-of-the-year-2012-winners-announced/310199-3-244.html | archive-date=14 December 2012 | url-status=dead}}
• 2001: Distinguished Alumnus Award IIT-Mumbai

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In 2019, it was announced that a part of the Miramar beach would be converted to a memorial for Parrikar, featuring a library, a meditation hall, an audio-visual room and a souvenir shop. The memorial is named The Manohar Parrikar Smriti Sthal.{{Cite news |last=Shetye |first=Murari |date=2019-09-11 |title=A museum-like memorial for Parrikar at Miramar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-museum-like-memorial-for-parrikar-at-miramar/articleshow/71072111.cms |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

The Indian Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses was renamed the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses in February 2020.{{Cite news|title= IDSA renamed Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|url= https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/idsa-renamed-as-manohar-parrikar-institute-for-defence-studies-and-analyses/article30850268.ece|access-date= 2022-08-07|website= The Hindu|date= 18 February 2020|language= en|archive-date= 9 February 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240209033155/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/idsa-renamed-as-manohar-parrikar-institute-for-defence-studies-and-analyses/article30850268.ece|url-status= live}}

In December 2022, the new international airport at Mopa, Goa was named Manohar International Airport.{{cite news|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/mopa-international-airport-in-goa-named-after-former-defence-minister-manohar-parrikar20221211190549|title=Mopa International Airport in Goa named after former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar|website=ANI}}

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