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- Thackeray, Raj
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Photobiography of Bal Keshav Thackeray, leader of Shiv Sena, political party of Maharashtra and cartoonist; includes reproductions of some of his cartoons.
- Creator
- by Raj Thackeray ; [text, Ambarish Mishra]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
- New Delhi : UBS Publishers and Distributors, 2005
- Physical Details
- 415 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9788174765383, 8174765387
- OCLC
- ocm62741630
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Bal Thackeray
Indian cartoonist and statesman (1926-2012)
Hindū Hṛdaya Samrāṭa Bal Thackeray | |
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Thackeray in 2012 | |
| In office 19 June 1966 – 17 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Uddhav Thackeray |
| In office 23 January 1988 – 20 June 2006 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Uddhav Thackeray |
| In office 13 August 1960 – 17 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Uddhav Thackeray |
| Born | Bal Keshav Thackeray (1926-01-23)23 January 1926 Poona, Bombay Post, British Bharat (present-day Pune, Maharashtra, India) |
| Died | 17 November 2012(2012-11-17) (aged 86) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance(from 1998) |
| Spouse | Sarla Vaidya[a] (m. 1948; died 1995) |
| Children | 3, including Uddhav Thackeray[2] |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Aaditya Author (grandson) Raj Writer (nephew) Thackeray Family |
| Residence(s) | Matoshree Bunglow, Bandra, Mumbai |
| Occupation | |
| Known for | Marathi regionalism Hindutva |
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• The genesis of FATKARE is in Uddhav Thackeray's aspiration to bring his iconic father's collection in the form of a book. History in the Making (इतिहास घडताना) was the perfect vehicle for Uddhav Thackeray to express fond memories of his eminent father. In the words of Uddhav Thackeray - "MARMIK" and I were born in the same year. My childhood home at Dadar was a modest house with a small backyard lined with lush and intoxicatingly fragrant green plumeria. Illustrating with his paraphernalia of the drawing board, pencils, clean white sheets, Mandarin black ink, armed with Winsor and Newton brush, Balasaheb was a common sight. He rarely used charcoal. The dull and drab white paper springing to life with his brushstrokes always enthralled me. All it took was one stroke, a Masterstroke, no touch-ups, no reverts. His distinct thoughts, candid opinions, vivid imagery, crisp illustrations, and confidently drawn strokes breathed life into contemporary politicians' caricatures. One could visualize their vices and virtues and peculiarities too. Comic, crafty, cunning, weird-looking, big-nosed characters with funny ears were detailed to the minutiae. One could decipher the personality just by seeing the silhouette from the back. He could aptly depict maximum dimensions with minimum st |