Bal Thackeray Hindu nationalist leader dies at 86

	Bal Thackeray Hindu nationalist leader dies at 86 One of India's most controversial right-wing Hindu leaders has died. Bal Thackeray was 86-years-old and had been ill for some time. Thackeray was hailed as a straight-talker by his supporters but branded a demagogue by many others. Al Jazeera's Akbar Wajahat reports. Source, credit to Aljazeera- www.aljazeera.com FAIR USE NOTICE: This video has been posted to further advance our understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, Technological, democratic, scientific, and social justice issues which constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 USC Section 107 for research and educational purposes. Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray (IPA: [ʈʰakəɾe]; 23 January 1926 -- 17 November 2012) was 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 called him the Hindu Hriday Samraat ("Emperor of Hindu Hearts"). Bal Thackeray was one of the strongest secularist with the broad definition of 'Hindutva'(which includes absolute definition of hindutva apparently nationalism and humanity ). Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with the English language daily The Free Press Journal in Mumbai, but left it in 1960 to form his own political weekly Marmik. His political philosophy was largely shaped by his father Keshav Sitaram <b>...</b>	From: AussieNews1 Views: 5 0 ratings
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