Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray dies at 86 in Mumbai

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was admitted to Lilavati hospital’s ICU in Mumbai on 25 July 2012 after he complained of breathlessness.As per reports on 14th November 2012, he has stopped eating and is on continuous oxygen.

Shiva Sainiks in the areas where the party draws support forced shops to close. These included: Vakola, Shivaji Nagar, Chembur, Navi Mumbai, Andheri, Parel, Dadar and Matunga, amongst others. In other parts of Mumbai, some shops voluntary closed citing the risk of untoward incidents shuld Tackeray’s health was continuously deteriorating and possibly be fatal.

Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray is an Indian politician, founder and chief of the Shiv Sena, a right-wing Hindu nationalist, and Marathi ethnocentric party active mainly in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. His followers call him the Hindu Hriday Samraat (“Emperor of Hindu Hearts”).