Later on, in 1960, he started his own political weekly Marmik.
Through Marmik, Thackeray campaigned against the growing influence of non-Marathis in Mumbai.
Through Marmik, he campaigned against the growing influence of non-Marathis in Mumbai.
Through Marmik, he launched a campaign against the growing influence of non-Marathis in Mumbai.
The success of Marmik prompted him to form the Shiv Sena on 19 June 1966.
His comic pictures were also printed in the Sunday edition of the Times of India,
but then he left in 1960 and started his own magazine“Marmik”.
In 1960, along with his brother Srikant, he launched a cartoon weekly- Marmik and used it as a campaign against the non-Marathi people in Mumbai.
In Marmik, Thackeray published a list of corporate officials from a local directory,
many being south Indians, citing it as proof that Maharashtrians were being discriminated against.
Balasaheb began his professional career as a cartoonist with the English language daily The Free Press Journal in Mumbai,
but left it in 1960 to form his own political weekly Marmik.
Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with the English language daily The Free Press Journal in Mumbai,
but left it in 1960 to form his own political weekly Marmik.