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Bal Keshav Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: [baːɭ̆ keːʃəʋ ʈʰaːk (ə)ɾeː]; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian cartoonist and politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro- Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra. [2]
Nov 17, 2012 · Hindu fundamentalist politician Bal Thackeray, the founder of the right-wing Shiv Sena party, has died in Mumbai at the age of 86.
Bal Thackeray, a maverick politician who roused emotions on Marathi pride and catapulted Shiv Sena to power in Maharashtra in the 1990s, died in Mumbai on Saturday after having been critically...
Sep 23, 2024 · Bal Thackeray was an Indian journalist and politician, founder of the Shiv Sena political party, and advocate of a strong pro-Hindu policy in India. He was regarded as the most powerful man in Maharashtra but was accused of inciting anti-Muslim violence.
Nov 19, 2012 · What will be the legacy of India's best known right-wing Hindu leader, Bal Thackeray, who died over the weekend? Mr Thackeray - his father anglicised his surname after William Makepeace...
Nov 19, 2012 · When Bal Thackeray, a one-time cartoonist turned Hindu fundamentalist leader of India, died on Saturday, the entire city of Mumbai came to a standstill. Over a million people came out to watch...
Nov 17, 2012 · Bal Thackeray was first arrested on February 9, 1969 for creating rot after trying to stop then deputy prime minister Morarji Desai's car at Mahim. Sena had decided to stop Desai's car and give him a memorandum demanding merger of Belgaum, Karwar and Nipani in Maharashtra.
