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Amitabh Thakur was born on 16 June, 1968 in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, is an Indian politician. Discover Amitabh Thakur's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
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| Occupation |
retired IPS |
| Age |
55 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
16 June, 1968 |
| Birthday |
16 June |
| Birthplace |
Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India |
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He is a member of famous Politician with the age 55 years old group.
Amitabh Thakur Height, Weight & Measurements
At 55 years old, Amitabh Thakur height is 1.65 m .
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1.65 m |
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Who Is Amitabh Thakur's Wife?
His wife is Dr Nutan Thakur (m. 1993)
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| Wife |
Dr Nutan Thakur (m. 1993) |
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| Children |
Tanaya Thakur · Aditya Thakur |
Amitabh Thakur Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Amitabh Thakur worth at the age of 55 years old? Amitabh Thakur’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from . We have estimated Amitabh Thakur's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Politician |
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Timeline
Amitabh Thakur is an ex-Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a political activist.
He was given compulsory retirement in March 2023.
He was working as IG Civil Defence at that time.
During service Amitabh was known for his strict adherence to rules and regulations as also for his work in the field of administrative accountability.
Since retirement, Amitabh works as a social and political activist, where he again strives for transparency and accountability in public life.
He is presently the President of political party Azad Adhikar Sena.
Azad Adhikar Sena was initiated by him, his wife Dr Nutan Thakur and others.
The prime goal of Azad Adhikar Sena is to work against Anyay (injustice), Atyachar (atrocity) aur Bhrashtachar (corruption).
Amitabh Thakur was born on 16 June 1968 at Muzaffarpur, Bihar to Tapeshwar Narain Thakur, an Electrical Engineer and Madhuri Bala, a lecturer in Hindi.
He was brought up in Bokaro Steel City in present-day Jharkhand (then a part of Bihar), where he got his Matriculation and Intermediate degree from Kendriya Vidyalaya, No-1, Bokaro Steel City in 1983 and 1985 respectively.
He entered IIT Kanpur in 1985 from where he got B. Tech degree in mechanical engineering in year 1989.
Amitabh entered Indian Police Service in 1992.
He got his initial field training in Kanpur district, followed by his posting in Gorakhpur, where he had his initial clashes with Yogi Adityanath, who later became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
He worked as Superintendent of Police (SP) in around 10 districts of UP including Pithoragarh, Lalitpur, Deoria, Gonda, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Firozabad, Ballia and Maharajganj.
He also worked in multiple departments including Intelligence, Vigilance, Anti-Corruption and Police Training Academy.
All through his career, Amitabh Thakur worked for the cause of transparency and accountability of the system.
He also worked for people friendly policing, giving highest importance to grievance redressal of the poor and the downtrodden.
In this process, he also got deeply engaged in internal police reforms.
He particularly worked for betterment of the service conditions of subordinate police officers.
He advocated for better internal social and functional environment in police.
He also advocated reduction of power distance in police system and closer interaction between superior and subordinate rank police officers.
For all this, he strongly advocated for creation of Subordinate officers Police Associations.
Amitabh Thakur had many clashes with different political and administrative masters, because of his strict and non-compromising approach.
In 2006, Amitabh was posted as SP of Firozabad district.
There he refused to obey some of the wrongful dictates of then MLA
Ramveer Singh was a close relative of then Chief Minister, UP and Samajwadi Party Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.
This finally led to an incidence of alleged assault and manhandling with Amitabh Thakur.
Mulayam Singh Yadav clearly told Amitabh not to register any case in this matter.
Even then he got a First Information Report (FIR) registered in this matter at Eka police station.
This led to Amitabh suffering at the hands of Mulayam Singh Government.
Amitabh Thakur had another altercation with Government in 2008–09.
At that time, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) suprempo Mayawati was the Chief Minister.
Amitabh was selected for the four-year Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) at IIM Lucknow through the prestigious Common Admission Test (CAT).
He approached the Government to grant him a study leave for the course.
The Home Department refused the study leave merely to harass Amitabh.
Amitabh approached the Lucknow Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal and got Extraordinary leave (i.e., leave without salary) sanctioned.
He joined IIM Lucknow and stayed there for 02 years without any salary.
He completed his FPM course and came back to service.
He also has a Fellow Program in Management (FPM) Degree from IIM Lucknow, equivalent to Doctor of Philosophy (P Hd), which he got in year 2015 for his thesis work on UP Police.
