9 Facts About Balasaheb Thackeray(Hindu Hriday Samraat)
Bal Keshav Thackeray, popularly known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was born on January 23, 1926, in Pune, Maharashtra.
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Balasaheb is also recognised as the "Hindu Hriday Samraat."
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Balasaheb initiated his professional journey as a cartoonist at Mumbai's English-language daily, The Free Press Journal. He established his political weekly, 'Marmik,' in 1960
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Founder and leader of the 'Shiv Sena'.
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The Shiv Sena was founded on June 19, 1966, with a focus on fighting for the rights of Maharashtra's natives.
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Thackeray, via his party newspaper Samna, vocally challenged Indian Muslims during the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
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Thackeray faced personal tragedies when his wife Meena passed away due to a heart attack in September 1996, and his eldest son Bindumadhav ("Binda") died in a road accident on April 20, 1996.
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In 1999, the Election Commission imposed a six-year ban on Thackeray from voting and contesting elections, effective from December 11, 1999, to December 10, 2005.
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Balasaheb passed away at the age of 86 due to a cardiac arrest on November 17, 2012