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At what age Balasaheb Thakre died?
86 years (1926–2012)
Bal Thackeray/Age at death
Which leader began his professional career as a cartoonist and later found the shivsena party?
In 1960 Bal Thackeray, a Bombay-based cartoonist, began publishing the satirical cartoon weekly Marmik. Through this publication, he started disseminating anti-migrant sentiments. On 19 June 1966, Thackeray founded the Shiv Sena as a political organisation.
What did Bal Thackeray do?
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Thackeray built the Shiv Sena by forming temporary alliances with nearly all of state’s political parties. Thackeray was also the founder of the Marathi-language newspaper Saamana. After the riots of 1992–93, he and his party took a Hindutva stance.
How did Bal Thackeray became famous?
Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with the English-language daily, The Free Press Journal in Bombay (now Mumbai), but he left the paper in 1960 to form his own political weekly, Marmik. Thackeray was also the founder of the Marathi-language newspaper Saamana.
Who was Balasaheb Thackeray?
Popularly called ‘Balasaheb Thackeray’, he was founder of the Shiv Sena, a right wing Marathi ethnocentric party. He was an ardent espouser of Hindutva and more specifically the Marathi cause.
Why Bal Thackeray’s state funeral at Shivaji Park?
Bal Thackeray was accorded a State funeral at Shivaji Park. It was the first public funeral in the city since that of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He did not hold any official position, yet was given a 21 gun salute, which is a rare honor. 23. Bal Thackeray’s cremation was broadcast live on television
How did Thackeray become a cartoonist?
Thackeray started off as a cartoonist in a Mumbai-based newspaper- Free Press Journal. However, due to creative differences, he quit the job in the late 1950s. The Times of India used to publish his cartoons in its Sunday edition.
Who is Bal Thackeray’s grandson Aditya Sena?
At the Dussehra rally in 2010, Bal Thackeray introduced his grandson Aditya as the chief of the new Sena youth outfit Yuva Sena. As the news broke out about his death on 17 November 2012, Mumbai came to a virtual halt immediately, with commercial establishments and shops shutting down.