The man who changed Maharashtra politics

The Shiv Sena, the party founded by Bal Thackeray in 1966 significantly changed the path of Maharashtra politics—a violent street ethos entered the picture and the colour red, once the dominant political hue of Mumbai's labour class, was obliterated. The party was an extension of the 1950s' Samayukta Maharashtra Samiti which fought for the creation...

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