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3 unusual facts about Shiv Sena


Abhijeet Sawant

He has joined the Shiv Sena with a mandate to attract youth to the party fold.He gets his First break in bolly by Himesh Reshammiya in Aashiq Banaya Aapne movie by the smash hit "Marjawaan Mitjawaan."

Arvinn Gadgil

Gadgil's early involvement with activism was when Shiv Sena opposed his international school in Pune.

Nisha Pillai

She has also presented the BBC's flagship interview programme HARDtalk, and listed her most notable interviewees as Hindu nationalist Bal Thackeray of the Shiv Sena; musician Phil Collins; writer V. S. Naipaul; and Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.


2011 census of India

Information on castes was included in the census following demands from several ruling coalition leaders including Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sharad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav supported by opposition parties Bharatiya Janata Party, Akali Dal, Shiv Sena and Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Aditya Thackeray

Aditya Thackeray (born 13 June 1990) is the son of Uddhav Thackeray, leader and chairperson of the Shiv Sena, and grandson of Balasaheb Thackeray.

Awaaz Foundation

Awaaz Foundation measured noise at the fascist Shiv Sena Party's annual Dasara Rally in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and presented their findings to the Police and Bombay High Court.

Babasaheb Purandare

He is also known for his significant contribution along with Madhav Deshpande & Madhav Mehere as senior party co-founders in the early 70's of Shiv Sena with Bal Thackeray.

Mohan Rawale

He represents the Mumbai South Central constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party before Shiv Sena party leader Uddhav Thackeray expelled him from the party in an apparent clamp down on dissidence

Prakash Jadhav

He represented the Ramtek constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party, after resignation of Subodh Mohite from Lok Sabha and Shiv Sena and joining Congress.


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