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Anurag Thakur is an Indian politician from Himachal Pradesh. He is from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is known for being junior finance minister and corporate affairs minister in the government of Narendra Modi.
Wiki/Biography
Anurag Thakur was born on October 24, 1974 (Age 46; as of 2020) in Hamilpur, Himachal Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He attended Dayanand Model School in Jalandhar, Punjab. In 1994, he studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree at Doaba College, Jalandhar. He has always been interested in sports, especially cricket. He used to play cricket at the college level. This got him selected for the national team of Himachal Pradesh. In 2000, he was promoted to President of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA). He competed in the Ranji Trophy in 2000 with Jammu & Kashmir. As president of the HPCA, he appointed himself as a selector for the Ranji Trophy cricket team; selectors must play first-class cricket to qualify as selectors.
He entered politics and was elected to Congress in 2008. Thakur is a 4-time MP for the Hamilpur constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He became Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 22 May 2016. He was removed as BCCI chairman by the Supreme Court January 2, 2017.
appearance
high: 5β²6β³ (approximately)
weight: 70 kg (approximately)
eye color: Brown
hair color: Black
family
Anurag Thakur belongs to the Rajput family. His father, Prem Kumar Dhumal, was a politician who served as the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh twice from 1998 to 2002 and from 2008 to 2013. His mother, Sheela Devi, was a housewife. His brother Arun Singh Thakur is a businessman.
Anurag Thakur married Shefali Thakur. They have two sons, Jaiaditya Thakur and Udayveer Thakur.
Profession
Anurag Thakur entered politics in 2008 after his father Prem Kumar Dhumal was elected chief minister of Himachal Pradesh. Anurag was running from the Hamilpur constituency in a single vote and he was elected as MP. In the 2009 general election, he ran from the Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency and won. In 2011, he was appointed as All India Bharatiya Janata Party chairman Yuva Molcha. He was one of the youngest MPs and won”Best Young Member of Parliament Awardβ In 2011, he won Sansad Ratner Award for his Outstanding performance as an MP in 2019.
He won consecutive elections from the Hamilpur constituency in the 2014 and 2019 general elections. On July 18, 2018, he was appointed chief whip for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. On May 30, 2019, Anurag Thakur was sworn in as Federal Minister of State (MoS) under Narendra Modi’s government by President Ram Nath Kovind. On May 31, 2019, he was charged junior finance minister and corporate affairs minister. On July 7, 2021, he was promoted to Cabinet Minister following the reshuffle of Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers.
dispute
Anurag Thakur has been sacked by the Supreme Court of India as chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Supreme Court has appointed the Lodha Committee to decide and report in detail whether government officials should be involved in the sports administration. Politicians should not be part of sports management, the Lodha committee advised the court after submitting its final report. The Supreme Court has since sacked Anurag in January 2017 and ordered him to resign as BCCI chairman. Thakur, however, refused to accept the verdict. After several hearings and arguments, the court ordered Thakur to either step down or make an unconditional public apology to the Supreme Court, or he would be arrested. Anurag issued an unconditional apology following the order and resigned as BCCI chairman.
address
14, Janpath Road, New Delhi
car collection
Anurag Thakur owns a 2009 Hyundai Santro that he drives himself.
assets and property
- cash: rupee. 15 shellacs
- Bank savings: rupee. 30 seconds
- jewelry: 103 grams of gold worth Rs. 3 Lacs, and a pistol worth Rs. 3 shellac
- Agricultural land: worth Rs. 19 Lacs in Tilrockpur, Himachal Pradesh
- Non-agricultural land: Lacs worth Rs 99 in Himachal Pradesh
- Residential Building: worth Rs.10 million in Balagpur, Himachal Pradesh
Salary and Net Worth
salary: rupee. 1 Lac + other allowances (as MP)
net worth: rupee. Rs 5.67 crore (as in 2019)
fact
- He was the first cricketer to make his cricket debut after taking over as president of the State Cricket Association.
- The International Cricket Stadium in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, is made possible thanks to Anurag Thakur. As a congressman, he helped with the formation and construction of the stadium.
- His wife Shefali Thakur is the daughter of former Himachal Pradesh Minister of Public Works and former Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Gulab Singh Thakur.
- Anurag Thakur is also the founder of the Honor Our Women (HOW) Foundation. This is an initiative to raise awareness about issues that women suffer every day, such as safety and empowerment, to name a few. This is achieved by bringing in a variety of civil society stakeholders, celebrities, journalists and parliamentarians who can understand the issue and make a difference.
- On 16 July 2016, he was appointed a commissioned officer of the Territorial Army. He is BJP’s first MP to be appointed as an officer while serving as MP.
- He is said to be close to Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal and Arun Jaitley. He consults them regularly before making any major or major decisions.
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