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Bal Thackeray
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bal Keshav Thackeray, Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray
Indian politician (1926-2012)
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Thackeray
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Pune
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Father
- Keshav Sitaram Thackeray
- Occupation
- cartoonist
- Political party
- Shiv Sena
- Languages spoken
- Marathi
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Bal Thackeray at 70th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards (1) (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Bal Thackeray
- date of birth
- 1926-01-23
- date of death
- 2012-11-17
- name in native language
- बाळ केशव ठाकरे
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- writing language
- Marathi
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bal Thackeray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.