Editing Bal Thackeray (section)

== Personal life ==
Thackeray was married to Meena Thackeray (née Sarla Vaidya) on 13 June 1948<ref name="purandare1362">{{cite book |title=Bal Thackeray and the rise of Shiv Sena |page=62 |publisher=Roli Books |author=Vaibhav Purandare |year=2013|quote=One more aspect of his personality, largely unknown, has been his love for the number 13, considered inauspicious by many. Thackeray said it is his lucky number. He married Sarla Vaidya, who became Meena Thackeray after marriage on 13 June 1948 and he launched Marmik weekly on 13 August 1960.}}</ref> and had three sons, oldest son Bindumadhav, middle son Jaidev, and youngest son [[Uddhav Thackeray|Uddhav]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A political saga of a cartoonist |url=http://www.andhrawishesh.com/home/hot-buzz/34781-a-political-saga-of-a-cartoonist.html |newspaper=Andhra Wishesh |date=15 November 2012 |access-date=17 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119075523/http://www.andhrawishesh.com/home/hot-buzz/34781-a-political-saga-of-a-cartoonist.html |archive-date=19 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meena died in 1995 and Bindumadhav died the following year in a car accident.<ref>{{cite news |last=IANS |title=Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray passes away |url=http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/Thackerays_health_improving_Shiv_Sena-390666/TopStory/30 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |date=17 November 2012 |access-date=17 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203055045/http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news%2FThackerays_health_improving_Shiv_Sena-390666%2FTopStory%2F30 |archive-date=3 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2012/11/18/why-bal-thackeray-had-an-english-surname-1100587.html |title=Why Bal Thackeray had an English surname |author=Sreekumar |publisher=One India |date=18 November 2012 }}</ref>