Bal Keshav Thackeray,also known as Balasaheb Thackeray,was an Indian cartoonist and politician who founded the original Shiv Sena,a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra.
The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav.
Ayesha Azmi,born and known professionally as Ayesha Takia is an Indian former actress and model who worked predominantly in Hindi films. Takia made her debut in 2004 with the action thriller Taarzan:The Wonder Car for which she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award and IIFA Award Star Debut of the Year Female. She then subsequently appeared in several successful films including Socha Na Tha (2005),Salaam-e-Ishq (2007),Wanted (2009),and Paathshaala (2010). She is the recipient of the Bengal Film Journalists' Association awards and Screen Awards.
Raj Shrikant Thackeray is an Indian politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS),a regional political party. He is the nephew of ShivSena Founder Balasaheb Thackeray.
Amar Singh was an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was the general secretary of the Samajwadi Party and was a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian parliament. On 6 January 2010,he resigned from all the posts of the Samajwadi Party and was later expelled from the party by its chief,Mulayam Singh Yadav,on 2 February 2010.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is a Regionalist Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of Hindutva and Marathi Manus. It was founded on 9 March 2006 in Mumbai by Raj Thackeray after he left the Shiv Sena party due to differences with his cousin Uddhav Thackeray,who later became the 19th Chief Minister Of Maharashtra and to his sidelining by the Shiv Sena in major decisions like distribution of election tickets.
Ram Gopal Yadav is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha,since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from 2004 to 2008.
Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh is an Indian politician from the Prayagraj Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He played a major role in the establishment of the Samajwadi Party with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav,Beni Prasad Verma and Azam Khan.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran,Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 3rd State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter,was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency,earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
Sanjay Rajaram Raut is an Indian politician from Shiv Sena (UBT) party. He is a member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is the Executive Editor of Marathi newspaper Saamana,published by Uddhav Thackeray,the Shiv Sena party leader.
The 2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra began on 3 February 2008,due to violent clashes between workers of two political parties —the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) took place at Dadar in Mumbai.
The Republican Left Democratic Front (RiDaLoS) was a coalition of political parties in the Indian state of Maharashtra formed before the 2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections,in Maharashtra. The alliance was forged between 14 political parties and many other NGOs and non political groups as well as students organisations in Maharashtra Republican Left Democratic Front Popularly known as RIDALOS as an alternative to the existing coalitions in the state.
Dharmendra Yadav is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 16th Lok Sabha representing Badaun constituency as Samajwadi Party candidate.
Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Mulayam Singh Yadav was an Indian politician,a socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades,he served for three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,and also as the Union Minister of Defence in the Government of India. A long-time parliamentarian,he was a seven-time Member of Parliament representing Mainpuri,Azamgarh,Sambhal and Kannauj constituencies in the Lok Sabha,a ten-time member of the Legislative Assembly,member of the Legislative Council and the Leader of Opposition several times as well. Yadav was a prominent figure of his time in Uttar Pradesh politics,and was often referred to as Netaji and sometimes Dhartiputra by his party leaders and workers. Known for several controversies,Yadav was one of the few politicians to be labelled "Supporter of Rape and Rapists" due to his comments on rape and anti-women views and opinions. In 2023,he was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan,India’s second highest civilian award by the Government of India.
The 2013 Mumbai gang rape,also known as the Shakti Mills gang rape,refers to the incident in which a 22-year-old photojournalist,who was interning with an English-language magazine in Mumbai,was gang-raped by five people including a juvenile. The incident occurred on 22 August 2013,when she had gone to the deserted Shakti Mills compound,near Mahalaxmi in South Mumbai,with a male colleague on an assignment. The accused had tied up the victim's colleague with belts and raped her. The accused took photos of the victim during the sexual assault,and threatened to release them to social networks if she reported the rape. Later,an eighteen-year-old call centre employee reported that she too had been gang-raped,on 31 July 2013 inside the mills complex.
Surendra Singh Nagar is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha since July 2016. He was also a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha from Gautam Buddha Nagar constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. He was a member of Bahujan Samaj Party from May 2008 to 2014. He joined Samajwadi Party before the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. On 10 August 2019,he joined Bharatiya Janta Party.
Nawab Malik is an Indian politician who was introduced by Samajwadi party's politician Abu asim azmi in poltics. Malik served as the Minority Development,Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister of Maharashtra and also the guardian minister of Gondia &Parbhani. He is the National Spokesperson and Mumbai President of the Nationalist Congress Party.
Naresh Chandra Agrawal is an Indian politician who was a member of the Rajya Sabha in India.
I Will Go Out was a nationwide march carried on 21 January 2017 in India to demand women's right to fair and equitable access to public spaces. People marched across 30 cities and towns of India including Bengaluru,Delhi,Pune,Chennai,Mumbai,Kolkata,Hyderabad,Lucknow,Puducherry,Silchar,Nagpur,Ahmedabad,Jaipur,Bhopal,Udaipur,Kochi and Karimganj and was organized by a collective of individuals and organisations.
