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Singer Lata Mangeshkar, historian and writer Babasaheb Purandare and Bal Thackeray at the golden jubilee celebrations of Maharashtra at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai in 2010. HT

Bal Thackeray and son Uddhav congratulate Krishna Patil, the first Maharashtrian woman to scale Mount Everest. HT

Bal Thackeray at Hinduja Hospital after the death of Pramod Mahajan in 2006. HT

Bal Thackeray (left) along with his son Uddhav at a rally in Thane. HT

Bal Thackeray waves to the crowd at a rally in Thane. Photo: Praful Gangurde

Bal Thackeray exits an eye clinic after a check-up, at Fort in Mumbai. HT

(From left) Then Shiv Sena leader Narayan Rane, BJP leader Gopinath Munde, Bal Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray at a BJP-Shiv Sena meeting during the Maharashtra political crisis in Mumbai in 2002. HT

Bal Thackeray with nephew Raj (left) and son Uddhav (rear left) at a press conference in Mumbai in 2002. HT

Shooter Tejaswini Sawant meets Bal Thackeray after becoming India’s first female gold medallist at the World Shooting Championships. Photo: Sandeep Mahankal

Bal Thackeray at the 41st anniversary of his magazine, ‘Marmik’ in Mumbai. HT

Bal Thackeray with former NDA convenor George Fernandes at his residence in Mumbai. HT

(From left) Bal Thackeray, Manohar Joshi and the Shiv Sena chief’s nephew Raj Thackeray at a 2002 rally in Mumbai.

Bal Thackeray felicitates the national award-winning team behind Marathi film ‘Jowga’ at his residence, Matoshree, in Mumbai in 2010. PTI