He even criticised cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar in 2009 for remarking that Mumbai belonged to the whole of India. Thackeray's pro-Marathi plank, that propounded 'Maharashtra for Maharashtrians', saw his party breaking ranks with his long-standing ideological ally BJP in 2007 presidential election when he chose to back UPA's presidential nominee, Pratibha Patil, who is a Maharashtrian. The weekly contained satirical pieces that fired up the "Marathi manoos" to fight for their identity and existence in a city witnessing growing influx of migrants. But he soon charted a new course when he launched a cartoon weekly 'Marmik' in 1960.
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Thackeray, a fiery orator who could bring the country's bustling financial capital to a standstill with a wave of his finger, started out as a cartoonist alongside R K Laxman at the English daily Free Press Journal in the late 1950s. For some, the Tiger of Maharashtra was also a cultural icon. The maverick ways of Thackeray-Maharashtra's tallest leader-always led both his friends and rivals to underestimate him politically as he called the shots in state politics, often playing the role of a kingmaker without himself becoming the king.
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