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Bal Thackeray
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Indian politician (1926-2012)
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Quotes
- “I am a great admirer of Hitler, and I am not ashamed to say so! I do not say that I agree with all the methods he employed, but he was a wonderful organizer and orator, and I feel that he and I have several things in common. Look at the amount of good we have done in just six months in Maharashtra. Actually, we have too much sham-democracy in this country. What India really needs is a dictator who will rule benevolently, but with an iron hand.”
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- position created
- Succeeded by
- Uddhav Thackeray
- Born
- Bal Keshav Thackeray , ( 1926-01-23 ) 23 January 1926, Poona , Bombay Presidency , British Raj
- Died
- 17 November 2012 (2012-11-17) (aged 86), Mumbai , Maharashtra, India
- Party
- Shiv Sena
- Other political affiliations
- National Democratic Alliance (from 1998)
- Spouse
- Sarla Vaidya ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 ; died 1995 )
- Children
- 3, including Uddhav Thackeray
- Parents
- Keshav Sitaram Thackeray (father) Ramabai Thackeray (mother)
- Relatives
- Aaditya Thackeray (grandson), Raj Thackeray (nephew), Thackeray family
- Occupation
- Politician cartoonist
- Known for
- Marathi regionalism , Hindutva
- Nicknames
- Balasaheb , Hindu Hriday Samrat
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Wikidata facts
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- Bal Thackeray at 70th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards (1) (cropped).jpg
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- Bal Thackeray
- date of birth
- 1926-01-23
- date of death
- 2012-11-17
- name in native language
- बाळ केशव ठाकरे
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Article
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 Marathi regionalist and a Hindu nationalist party, active mainly in the state of Maharashtra.
Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with the English-language daily, The Free Press Journal in Bombay, but he left the paper in 1960 to form his own political weekly, Marmik. His political philosophy was largely shaped by his father Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, a leading figure in the Sanyukta Maharashtra (United Maharashtra) movement, which advocated for the creation of a separate linguistic state for Marathi speakers. Through Mārmik, Bal Thackeray campaigned against the growing influence of non-Marathis in Mumbai. He had a large political influence in the state, especially in Mumbai.