Millions of homes in Maharashtra woke up to him singing the abhangs, or hymns, of the medieval Marathi saint-poets on the early-morning programme on All India Radio's Bombay station.

印度孟买广播电台大清早就会播放他演唱的由中世纪马拉地语的圣诗改编的abhang或者颂歌，马哈拉施特拉邦上百万的居民每天就是在他的歌声中醒来的。

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During the 1990s the two parties won power in maharashtra-which allowed Mr Thackeray to rename bombay-and, as part of a broader coalition, in Delhi.

90年代期间，这两党夺得了马哈拉施特拉邦的权力——萨克雷因此得以替孟买更名(注：将Bombay改成Mumbai)——而且，两党作为一个更大的联盟组织成员，在德里取胜。

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On national level, the BJP has never really been in government, apart from a brief period in 1996 and regional government in Maharashtra and Bombay.

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As the culture minister of Maharashtra state, of which Bombay is the capital, he doesn't need to.

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But Bombay is also the capital of the only state (Maharashtra) where the hardline Hindu party, the Shiv Sena, shares power.

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