Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections 2024: Situated in the heart of Mumbai, the park (spanning 28 acres) was established by the British in 1925. It was originally named Mahim Park before being rechristened as Shivaji Park in 1927. Shivaji Park served as a venue for pivotal meetings during India's struggle for independence.
The venue, where the Sena had been holding its Dussehra rally year after year, got embroiled in a legal battle after the rival faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde too applied for holding its rally there on the same day.
Shah Rukh Khan offering 'dua' at Lata Mangeshkar's cremation has caught the eye of Twitter.
The political folklore in Mumbai is that if a party can fill up the Shivaji Park for its rallies, it can very well present a considerable challenge to its opposition parties.
Henceforth, everyone will want to use the ground for such ceremonies, a division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and R I Chagla said.
A month after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was cremated, his party workers removed the temporary structure at the funeral spot at Shivaji Park which had become a makeshift memorial for his followers.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said permission for the funeral of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park in Dadar was "conditional".
The Brihan Mumbai Corporation has sent a notice to the Shiv Sena to dismantle the temporary structure built at the Shivaji Park where party founder Bal Thackeray's cremation took place. BMC has denied permission for a Bal Thackeray memorial at the Shivaji Park.
As the controversy over late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's memorial rages on, a large number of Shiv Sainiks are guarding the place at Mumbai's Shivaji Park where the leader was cremated.
The proposal over late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's memorial at Shivaji Park in Mumbai has led to a controversy.
Appealing for restrain over the debate on erecting a memorial for his late father and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, party executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said, the decision in this regard will be taken by lakhs of Sainiks.
Appealing for restrain over the debate on erecting a memorial for his late father and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, party executive president Uddhav Thackeray today said, the decision in this regard will be taken by lakhs of Sainiks.
Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi has demanded that a memorial to party chief Bal Thackeray be built and installed at his cremation venue, the Shivaji Park, next to the memorial to Chhattrapati Shivaji.
Thackeray's mortal remains will be consigned to flames on a specially-erected public platform at the historic Shivaji Park in Mumbai, on Sunday evening, marking the first time a public cremation has occurred in Mumbai since Independence.
Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that Thackeray's body would be kept for 'darshan' at Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai on Sunday. He also asked party workers to not gather at 'Matoshree' - Bal Thackeray's residence in Mumbai.