India, July 6 -- Maharashtra politics saw a big turn on Saturday when two estranged cousins, Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, shared a stage for the first time in two decades.

Raj had split with Uddhav in 2005, exiting Shiv Sena to create his own outfit, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), centred around Marathi politics. While the Shiv Sena, under Bal Thackeray, had the same political brand, Raj's supporters alleged that the party had strayed from its path since Uddhav Thackeray took over as working President.

So what made the two formerly warring cousins reunite after such a long time? Here is the timeline of the Raj Thackeray- Uddhav Thackeray saga.

Raj Thackeray entered politics in the late 1980s as the head of the Shiv Sena s...