 The Shiv Sena rallied against the South Indians, the Communists, the Gujarati city elite, and the Muslims in India.In the 1960s and 1970s, Shiv Sena cadres became involved in various attacks against the South Indian communities, vandalising South Indian restaurants and pressuring employers to hire Marathis.The need for urban development on the mainland across from Bombay Island was first officially recommended in the 1940s.