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Bal Thackeray

1926 - 2012

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Bal Keshav Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: [baːɭ̆ keːʃəʋ ʈʰaːk(ə)ɾeː]; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian cartoonist and politician who founded the original Shiv Sena, a right-wing Marathi regionalist 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 for the creation of a separate linguistic state for Marathi speakers. Through Marmik, Bal Thackeray campaigned against the growing influence of non-Marathis in Mumbai. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bal Thackeray is the 13,868th most popular politician (down from 7,639th in 2019), the 579th most popular biography from India (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 176th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bal Thackeray ranks 13,868 out of 19,576. Before him are Valeriano Weyler, Kitsos Tzavelas, Helmuts Balderis, Giovanni II Participazio, King Jian of Zhou, and Franz Josef Jung. After him are Zaid ibn Shaker, Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia, Aram Shah, Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, and Yaakov Neeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Bal Thackeray ranks 306. Before him are Geoffrey Howe, Ludvík Vaculík, Jacques Rozier, Christine Jorgensen, Ian Paisley, and James Krüss. After him are Jeane Kirkpatrick, Astrid Ivask, Sverre Stenersen, Bryan Johnson, Hong Deok-young, and René Depestre. Among people deceased in 2012, Bal Thackeray ranks 256. Before him are Vladimir Krutov, Lupe Ontiveros, Isuzu Yamada, Arkady Vorobyov, Othmar Schneider, and Susanne Lothar. After him are John Keegan, Levon Helm, Simeon ten Holt, Otto Stich, André Simon, and Sancho Gracia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bal Thackeray ranks 579 out of 1,861. Before him are Zinat-un-Nissa Begum (1643), Ratna Pathak (1957), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), Rambhadracharya (1950), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), and Baselios Cleemis (1959). After him are Nutan (1936), Akshata Murty (1980), Pooja Hegde (1990), Devi Shetty (1953), Erick Avari (1952), and Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Bal Thackeray ranks 176. Before him are Prince Vijaya (-543), Vichitravirya (null), Lobsang Sangay (1968), Jagjivan Ram (1908), Hemu (1501), and Malik Kafur (1250). After him are Nitish Kumar (1951), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Amarinder Singh (1942), Harihara I (1336), Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), and Purushottam Das Tandon (1882).

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