Editing Bal Thackeray (section)

=== Kashmiri Pandits ===
In 1990, Bal Thackeray got seats reserved in engineering colleges for the children of [[Kashmiri Pandits]] in Maharashtra.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Modi|first=Chintan Girish|date=2016-02-05|title=Notes from an exile's diary|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/notes-from-an-exiles-diary/article8196537.ece|url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108144859/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/notes-from-an-exiles-diary/article8196537.ece|archive-date=2020-11-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> At a meeting with them he supported the idea that Kashmiri Pandits could be armed for their self-defence against [[Jihadis]].<ref name="Behera">{{cite book |author=Navnita Behera |title=State, Identity & Violence: Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh |year=2000 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |page=232}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Ajit Chak |title=Kashmir storm |year=2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HdKBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 |isbn=9781482844351}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Arvind Gigoo |title=The Ugly Kashmiri: (Cameos in exile) |year=2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sudhBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT97 |isbn=9798184240367}}</ref>