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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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