1. News
  2. Photos
  3. India

Bal Thackeray: The Fighter!

Updated: November 15, 2012 9:38 IST
Bal Thackeray's nephew and MNS Leader Raj Thackeray arrives at Matoshree.
1/9 Image Source : INDIATV
Bal Thackeray's nephew and MNS Leader Raj Thackeray arrives at Matoshree.
2/9 Image Source : INDIATV
Shortly after Uddhav's assurance, many of the 5,000 plus party activists who had crowded around 'Matoshri' slowly started dispersing.
3/9 Image Source : INDIATV
Over 5,000 anxious Shiv Sainiks from Mumbai, Thane and other parts of the state trooped to Bandra east outside 'Matoshree' awaiting a word on their beloved leader's health.
4/9 Image Source : INDIATV
Many Shiv Sainiks slept whole night outside Matoshree, hoping to get a positive news of their leader.
5/9 Image Source : INDIATV
Bal Thackeray, once worked as a cartoonist in the Free Press Journal'. He also contributed to Marathi publications, including Navyug, under the pseudonym Mavla.
6/9 Image Source : INDIATV
Bal Keshav Thackeray is known as a fiery right wing leader of Maharashtra. Thackeray formed Shiv Sena' that espoused the cause of Maratha interest and Marathi language.
7/9 Image Source : INDIATV
After a long struggle, Thackeray's Shiv Sena, in alliance with BJP, succeeded in snatching power from Congress in 1995. The Shiv Sena BJP government ruled Maharashtra from 1995 99.
8/9 Image Source : INDIATV
Bal thackeray's nephew Raj Thackeray used to be his lieutenant not very long ago but he parted ways with Bal Thackeray when the senior Thackeray decided to appoint his son Uddhav as the second in command of Shiv Sena.
9/9 Image Source : INDIATV
Thackeray family has played an important in Maharashtra Politics right from the days of separate statehood movement. For last few days, Bal Thackeray's health has deteriorated and he was on oxygen support till the last report came in.