5’ 6”

Brown

70 Kg

Black

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Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

Scorpio

Hinduism

Dayanand Model School

Jalandhar

Bachelor in Arts from Doaba College Jalandhar in 1994

14 Janpath Road

New Delhi

Hamirpur

Himachal Pradesh

Indian

Prem Kumar Dhumal (Politician)

Sheela Devi

Arun Singh Thakur (Businessman)

Shefali Thakur

Jaiaditya Thakur

Udayveer Thakur

Married

Shefali Thakur

Bharatiya Janata Party

Joined the BJP in 2008

Elected as a Member of Parliament to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2008 from the Hamirpur Constituency in a by-poll

Contested and won the Lok Sabha Elections again in 2009 and 2014 from the Hamirpur Constituency

Appointed as the President of the All India Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 2010

Appointed as the Chief Whip of BJP for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections on 18 July 2018

Contested the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from the Hamirpur Constituency and won

On 30 May 2019 he became the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry

Ram Lal Thakur

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Hyundai Santro (2009 Model)

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Rs. 5.67 Crores (as in 2019)

Some Interesting Facts About Anurag Singh Thakur

• Born on 24 October 1974 at Hamirpur, Anurag Thakur is the eldest son of Prem Kumar Dhumal and Sheela Devi. 

• In 2016, he became the first serving BJP Member of Parliament to become a regular commissioned officer in the Territorial Army. 

• He played a Ranji Trophy match against J&K in 2000 when he was the president of HPCA and appointed himself as the chairman of selectors of HPCA Ranji trophy cricket team. 

• He became the youngest man to be the President of HPCA at the age of 26. 

• When he joined the politics, he was first elected to the Lok Sabha a by-poll as a candidate of BJP.

• In 2008, he succeeded his father when he was selected as Member of Parliament of India's 14th Lok Sabha from Hamirpur constituency. 

• He was re-elected in the 15th Lok Sabha in 2009. He was again selected as a third time MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.