Bal Keshav Thackeray,also known as Balasaheb Thackeray,was an Indian cartoonist and politician who founded the Shiv Sena,a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra.
Mumbai,formerly known as Bombay,is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region,the sixth-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million. Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008,Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia.
Shiv Sena was a right-wing Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray,who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. Initially apolitical,the organisation was patronised by the then Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik who used it for curbing trade unions and maintain stranglehold of the Congress. The organisation at the same time carried out pro-Marathi nativist movement in Mumbai in which it agitated for preferential treatment for the Marathi people over migrants from other parts of India.
Gopalaratnam Subramaniam,known professionally as Mani Ratnam,is an Indian film director,film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi,Telugu,Malayalam and Kannada films. He is one of India's most acclaimed and commercially successful filmmakers. Ratnam has won seven National Film Awards,four Filmfare Awards,six Filmfare Awards South,and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world. In 2002,the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri,acknowledging his contributions to film.
The Greater Mumbai Police is the police department of the city of Mumbai,Maharashtra. It is a city police commissionerate under the Maharashtra Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement in the city of Mumbai and its surrounding areas. The force's motto is Sadrakṣaṇāya Khalanigrahaṇāya.
Vishwanath Patekar,better known as Nana Patekar,is an Indian actor,screenwriter,film maker,and a former Indian Territorial Army officer,mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. Widely regarded as one of the finest and most influential actors in Indian Cinema,Patekar is recipient of three National Film Awards,four Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards Marathi for his acting performances. He was bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2013 for his contribution in cinema and arts.
The United Progressive Alliance was a political alliance in India led by the Indian National Congress. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party got the majority.
Raosaheb Ramrao Patil,better known as R. R. Patil,was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important leader of modern Maharashtra. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He became Home Minister of Maharashtra for the second time after the 2009 Maharashtra assembly election victory of the Congress-NCP alliance. He was also the former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Hanuman Jayanti is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the Hindu deity,and one of the protagonists of the Ramayana and its many versions,Hanuman. The celebration of Hanuman Jayanti varies by time and tradition in each state of India. In most northern states of India,the festival is observed on the full-moon day of the Hindu month of Chaitra. In Telugu states Anjaneya Jayanthi celebrate on every Bahula Dashami in Vaishakha month according to Telugu calendar. In Karnataka,Hanuman Jayanti is observed on Shukla Paksha Trayodashi,during the Margashirsha month or in Vaishakha,while in a few states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu,it is celebrated during the month of Dhanu. Hanuman Jayanti is observed on Pana Sankranti in the eastern state of Odisha,which coincides with the Odia New Year.
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.
An Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is a special counterterrorism unit present in several state police agencies of India including Maharashtra Police,Gujarat Police,Kerala Police,Uttar Pradesh Police,Rajasthan Police,Bihar Police,Jharkhand Police,Tamil Nadu Police,Madhya Pradesh Police and Chhattisgarh Police. These units are frequently involved in the investigative,intelligence and emergency response aspects related to terrorism and cooperate with other branches of their police departments,police forces from other states,and national agencies such as the Intelligence Bureau and the National Investigation Agency.
The 2008 Mumbai attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008,when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba,carried out 12 shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai. The attacks,which drew widespread global condemnation,began on Wednesday 26 November and lasted until Saturday 29 November 2008. A total of 175 people died,including nine of the attackers,with more than 300 injured.
The National Bravery Awards are a set of awards given annually to about 25 Indian children below 18 years of age for "meritorious acts of bravery against all odds." The awards are given by the Government of India and the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW). The award was instituted in 1957.The youngest national award was awarded to Veerangana Jhala in 2022 when she was only 6 years old from a village called Chuda in Gujarat.
Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party. Deshmukh served as the Minister for Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra between 2019 and 2021. Deshmukh resigned in 2021 as the Home Minister of Maharashtra due to allegations of money laundering and other charges by Param Bir Singh. He was arrested by ED and was kept in custody for 1 year before being released by a court order.
Sivakamiyin Selvan is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film directed by C. V. Rajendran,starring Sivaji Ganesan,Vanisri and Latha. It is a remake of the Hindi film Aradhana (1969). The film was released on 26 January 1974.
Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray is an Indian politician who served as a Cabinet Minister of Higher Education,Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment for the Government of Maharashtra. He is also an MLA of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Worli,Mumbai. He is the son of Uddhav Thackeray,an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra,leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT),and grandson of Balasaheb Thackeray. He is the President of Yuva Sena,a youth wing of Shiv Sena. He was a Maharashtra Cabinet minister and was inducted as a cabinet minister in the state cabinet on 30 December 2019.
Ponniyin Selvan is a Tamil language historical fiction novel by Indian author Kalki Krishnamurthy. It was first serialised in the weekly editions of Kalki,a Tamil magazine,from 29 October 1950 to 16 May 1954 and later integrated into five volumes in 1955. In about 2,210 pages,it tells the story of early days of Chola prince Arulmozhivarman. Kalki visited Sri Lanka three times to gather information and for inspiration.
Thalaivaa is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by Vendhar Movies. The film stars Vijay in the titular role,alongside Ragini Nandwani,Amala Paul,Sathyaraj,Santhanam,Abhimanyu Singh,Nassar and Rajeev Pillai. In the film,a dancer in Australia takes over his father's duty as a crime boss in Mumbai after his death.
Ashok Selvan is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing one of the lead roles in Soodhu Kavvum (2013),before gaining critical acclaim for his performances in C. V. Kumar's productions Pizza II:Villa (2013) and Thegidi (2014).
Ponniyin Selvan:I is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language epic action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam,who co-wrote it with Elango Kumaravel and B. Jeyamohan. Produced by Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah under Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions,it is the first of two cinematic parts based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel,Ponniyin Selvan. The film stars an ensemble cast including Vikram,Karthi,Jayam Ravi,Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,Trisha,Jayaram,Aishwarya Lekshmi,Sobhita Dhulipala,Prakash Raj,Prabhu,R. Sarathkumar,R. Parthiban,Rahman,Lal and Vikram Prabhu. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman,with cinematography by Ravi Varman,editing by A. Sreekar Prasad,and production design by Thota Tharani. Ponniyin Selvan:I dramatises the early life of Chola prince Arunmozhi Varman,who would become the renowned emperor Rajaraja I (947–1014). In the film,Vandiyathevan sets out to cross the Chola land to deliver a message from the crown prince Aditha Karikalan. Meanwhile,Kundavai attempts to establish political peace as vassals and petty chieftains plot against the throne.
