Aaditya Thackeray
Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray | |
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| President and Chairperson of Yuva Sena | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2010 | |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sunil Govind Shinde |
| Constituency | Worli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1990 Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Relations | Prabodhankar Thackeray (great-grandfather) Bal Thackeray (Grandfather) Raj Thackeray (Uncle) Tejas Thackeray (Brother) |
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| Residence(s) | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Alma mater | Bombay Scottish School, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai (BA History), K C Law College (LLB) |
| Source: [Education info :http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-10-20/news/43200734] | |
Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray (born 13 June 1990) is an MLA of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is the son of Uddhav Thackeray, leader of the Shiv Sena, and grandson of Bal Thackeray.[1] He is the President of Yuva Sena, a youth wing of Shiv Sena.
Early Life
He was born to Rashmi Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray in Bombay (now Mumbai). He is their elder son, Tejas Thackeray being the younger son. He completed his schooling from Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai. He earned the BA History degree while studying at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He did his post-graduation from K C Law College where he earned his LLB degree.[2]
Work
His first book of poems, 'My Thoughts in White and Black', was published in 2007. The following year, he turned lyricist and released a private album Ummeed, for which he wrote all the eight songs.[3] He was involved in or initiated a book burning agitation against inclusion of Rohinton Mistry's book 'Such a Long Journey', which included abusive, racist and crass language against his family and Marathis, in Mumbai University's reading list in 2010.[4][5]
Aaditya Thackeray has proposed revival of Mumbai nightlife by allowing malls and restaurants to be open all night.[6] Most recently, the scion of the Shiv Sena party was involved in a series of open letters with journalist Rajdeep Sardesai [7] justifying the ink attack by the Shiv Sena on journalist Sudheendra Kulkarni.[8]
Political Career
In October 2019, he contested for the MLA seat in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from the Worli constituency of Mumbai and subsequently emgerged victorious. In doing so, he became the first member of the Thackeray family to contest the elections and also the first member of the family to win the elections.ict.
Positions Held
- 2010: Appointed as President of Yuva Sena
- 2017: Elected as President of Mumbai District Football Association [9]
- 2018: Appointed as Leader of Shiv Sena Party [10]
References
- ^ "Biography of Aaditya Thackeray". in.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Oct 4, Sujit Mahamulkar | TNN | Updated:; 2019; Ist, 10:21. "Aaditya Thackeray net worth: 29-year-old Aaditya Thackeray has assets worth Rs 16.05 crore | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Chatterji, Saubhadra (14 December 2010). "Tea with BS: Aditya Thackeray". Business Standard India. Business Thackeray.
- ^ Burke, Jason (19 October 2010). "Mumbai University drops Rohinton Mistry novel after extremists complain". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Burke, Jason (27 November 2014). "Aditya Thackeray: 24-year-old scion of India's controversial political dynasty". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Proposal to revive Mumbai nightlife gets CM's nod: Aditya Thackeray". Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Season of open letters: Shiv Sena scion Aaditya Thackeray pens a note to Rajdeep Sardesai - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Indian activist hit by ink attack". BBC News. 12 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Aaditya Thackeray appointed MDFA president". Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "आदित्य ठाकरेंची शिवसेनेच्या नेतेपदी वर्णी". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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