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Key facts
- Founder
- Bal Thackeray
- Founded
- 19 June 1966 ( 1966-06-19 )
- Dissolved
- 10 October 2022
- Succeeded by
- Shiv Sena (UBT) , Shiv Sena (2022-present)
- Headquarters
- Shivsena Bhavan, Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Newspaper
- Saamana , Marmik
- Student wing
- Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena (BVS)
- Youth wing
- Yuva Sena
- Women s wing
- Shiv Sena Mahila Aghadi
- Ideology
- Conservatism ( Indian ) , Social conservatism , Marathi regionalism , Marathi nativism , Hindutva , Hindu nationalism , Ultranationalism , Economic nationalism , Right-wing populism
- Political position
- Right-wing to far-right
- Colours
- Saffron
- Eci status
- State Party
- Alliance
- National Democratic Alliance (1998–2019) Maha Vikas Aghadi & United Progressive Alliance (2019–2022)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- shivsena.org
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- sRGB color hex triplet
- E3882D
- inception
- 1966-01-01
- Commons category
- Shiv Sena
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Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (Śiva Sēnā; lit. 'Army of Shivaji'; abbr. SS) was a conservative Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party has split into two parties: the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) which has a new symbol of Mashaal (Torch) and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena (2022–present) which has the original party name and the "bow and arrow" symbol.
Initially apolitical, the organisation was patronised by the then Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik who used it for curbing trade unions and maintain stranglehold of the Congress. The organisation at the same time carried out pro-Marathi nativist movement in Mumbai in which it agitated for preferential treatment for the Marathi people over migrants from other parts of India.