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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 original Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra.
Bal Thackeray, started as a cartoonist for The Free Press Journal. In 1960 when he was 34, he quit his job and started Marmik. He was joined by his younger brother Shrikant Thackeray. [2] It was launched on 13 August 1960 and it was inaugurated by the then Maharashtra chief Minister Yashwantrao Chavan.
Bal Thackeray, at a gathering. Bal Thackeray's son Uddhav Thackeray became the party's leader in 2004, although Bal Thackeray continued to be an important figurehead. After the death of Bal Thackeray on 17 November 2012, Uddhav became the leader of the party but refused to take the title "Shiv Sena Pramukh" (Eng : Shiv Sena Supremo). [47] [48]
Thackeray is a 2019 Indian biographical film written and directed by Abhijit Panse and made simultaneously in Marathi and Hindi. The film follows the life of Balasaheb Thackeray , the founder of the Indian political party Shiv Sena .
The Thackeray family (Marathi pronunciation: [ʈʰaːkəɾeː]) is one of the most well-known and powerful political families in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Keshav Sitaram Thackeray was one of the prominent leaders of the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement .
The party was formed after a split in Shiv Sena as a result of the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis.The split was caused by Eknath Shinde, who staged a rebellion in the party, getting support of the majority of the MLAs of the Sena and later splitting from the group led by Uddhav Thackeray, forming the Maharashtra government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, in which Shinde got the post of ...
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Bal Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena, was arrested in July 2000 for his complicity in the riots and for 'inflammatory writings' that may have helped propagate the riots. [14] The case was later dismissed.