Large framed portraits of prominent Mumbai citizens hang from the upper level of the Corporation Hall. This is Keshav Sitaram Thackeray (1885–1973), father of Balasaheb Thackeray, founder of the political party Shiv Sena. K.S. Thackeray was an author and social activist. He was also one of the key leaders of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti that campaigned for the creation of Maharashtra state based on linguistics and for the inclusion of Mumbai as the capital of Maharashtra.

Creator

• Ghosh, Ayan

Contributori

• Ghosh, Ayan

Parola chiave

• Victorian Gothic
• Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
• BMC
• Frederick William Stevens
• Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/