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Shiv Sena (1966–2022), Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena is a right-wing Marathi regional political party in India, active primarily in the state of Maharashtra. It was founded on 19 June 1966 by Bal Thackeray, a political cartoonist, with the goal of advocating for the rights of the native Marathi-speaking population in Mumbai. The party initially drew support from the city's working-class Marathi population but later expanded its platform to include a broader Hindutva ideology. It gained political prominence in Mumbai and has dominated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for several decades. Shiv Sena entered into an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the late 1980s, which helped it gain power both in Mumbai and later in the Maharashtra state government. In 2019, after a fallout with the BJP, Shiv Sena broke the alliance and formed a coalition government with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Indian National Congress, with Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister. A major split occurred in 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bal Thackeray
Bal Thackeray (; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian cartoonist and politician who founded the original Shiv Sena, a far-right, a pro- Marathi 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 Samyukta Maharashtra (United Maharashtra) movement, which advocated the creation of a separate linguistic state for Marathi speakers. Through ''Marmik'', Bal Thackeray campaigned against the growing influence of non-Marathis in Mumbai. He had a large political influence in the state, especially in Mumbai. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Thackeray built the Shiv Sena with help of Madhav Mehere, Chie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
