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Ayub Thakur was born on 1948 in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India, is a Muhammad Ayyub Thakur was political activist. Discover Ayub 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 56 years old?

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Age 56 years old
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Born 1948
Birthday 1948
Birthplace Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Date of death 2004
Died Place London, United Kingdom
Nationality India

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1948

Thakur was born in 1948 in a farming family in Pudsoo village near Shopian, district Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.

He was the eldest of four children.

Thakur obtained his Doctorate (Phd.) in Nuclear Physics from the University of Kashmir.

1978

In 1978, after a brief stint at the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (Zakoora, Srinagar), he became lecturer in the Department of Physics in the University of Kashmir.

He had a keen interest in the social and political issues of Jammu and Kashmir.

After becoming lecturer at the University of Kashmir he intensified his subversive political activities.

He began organising protests.

1980

In August 1980, he and many of his colleagues at university and students organisation, Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba, organised an international conference on the issue of right of self-determination of Kashmiris.

the government banned the conference, dismissed Thakur from his job as a university lecturer, and later imprisoned him along with his colleagues under Public Safety Act (PSA).

1981

In 1981, Thakur joined the Nuclear Engineering Department of King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia as a lecturer.

WKFM, along with other two organisations founded by Thakur were investigated by Scotland Yard, the Charity Commission and FBI for ties to the Pakistan Military and Militant groups active in Jammu and Kashmir.

The FBI implicated the ISI for funding both of these organizations in London and Brussels.

1992

Upon the revelation of his ties to militant groups, Indian government twice sought his extradition from the UK in 1992 and 1993.

1993

After its failure, they finally impounded his passport in 1993.

The Indian Government, having stripped him of his citizenship in 1993, dismissed a request by his family that he be buried in Jammu and Kashmir.

He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.

2001

In 2001, Indian Government had booked him under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act for providing financing & logistical support to terrorists.

His son Muzammil Ayub Thakur is an active representative member of the UK based NGO

2002

During the visit of British Home Secretary Jack Straw to India in May 2002, Indian Deputy Prime Minister, LK Advani again demanded extradition of thakur citing him being accused of providing funds to the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.

Advani also demanded the arrest of Thakur under the UK's New anti-terrorist laws.

Ayub regularly claimed that his family members, relatives and friends were subjected to house raids, torture and harassment by the Indian army [citation needed].

He often claimed that his ancestral home in Kashmir was raided many a time and his parents threatened.

2004

Muhammad Ayyub Thakur (1948 – 10 March 2004 ) was a political activist and founder of London-based World Kashmir Freedom Movement (WKFM).

He also founded a charity organization called 'Mercy Universal'.

Thakur subsequently obtained British travel papers which he used until his death in 2004.

Thakur died at the age of 55, in London on 10 March 2004 after an illness.

He was suffering from pulmonary fibrosis.

His funeral was held at the London Central Mosque, Regent Park, and he was laid to rest at the Garden of Peace, in Greenford, West London, close to where he had been living for many years.

2011

In 2011, according to a report by The Telegraph, It was a front group for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

After investigatation by the British Charity Commission, Scotland Yard and the FBI, it was stated that his organization had direct contacts with Hizbul Mujahideen, an EU-Sanctioned insurgent organization.