Mumbai: The Shiv Sena observed the birth anniversary of party patriarch Bal Thackeray on Thursday with a massive rally in Mumbai. The rally is being seen as a show of strength to BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's Mumbai rally which was held last month in which 'Shiv Sainiks' were not invited.
Thackeray had passed away on November 17, 2012 and a day later his public funeral was held at Shivaji Park with a gathering of nearly two million people.
A year later, the cremation site was converted into 'Smruti Udyan' - a small, beautiful landscaped garden with colourful flowers swaying in the cool early winter breeze blowing from the Arabian Sea, barely a stone's throw away.
Thackeray had founded the Shiv Sena in July 1966 from his former residence near Shivaji Park. That year in October, he held his first Dassehra Rally at the venue in October 1966, which became an annual event.
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