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2012: The year Maharashtra lost Bal Thackeray

Mumbai, Dec 26: The death of Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray went on to become the biggest news in Maharashtra's political arena in 2012, during which two-time chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh also passed away, the



Though he never held any office, Thackeray dominated the state's political landscape for over four decades and his death evoked extreme emotions across the socio-political spectrum. Soon there was talk about the estranged Thackeray cousins Raj and Uddhav burying the hatchet for the sake of the 'Marathi manoos'.