Sankarshan Thakur Biography

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Sankarshan Thakur : KEY FACTS

Birthday

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Profession

Print journalist

Birth Place

Patna, India

Age

63 years old

Sankarshan Thakur is a famous Indian Print journalist, who was born on in Patna, India. Find Sankarshan Thakur age, wife, net worth, height, weight, education, career, family, images, biography & more updates. Get information about Sankarshan Thakur’s all key achievements or accomplishments, including professional and personal life detail.

Personal Profile About Sankarshan Thakur

Sankarshan Thakur was an Indian journalist, editor, and writer. He worked as the editor of The Telegraph. He had earlier worked with Tehelka and The Indian Express too. Thakur reported on Bihar and Kashmir and also covered the Kargil War in 1999. He received the Prem Bhatia Award in 2001 and the Appan Menon Fellowship in 2003.

Sankarshan Thakur biography tells that he also wrote books like Subaltern Saheb about Lalu Prasad Yadav, The Brothers Bihari about Lalu and Nitish Kumar, and other works on Pakistan, caste crimes, and the Kargil War.

Sankarshan Thakur Passed Away

Sankarshan Thakur passed away on September 8, 2025. He died in a hospital in Gurgaon, India. Many journalists and readers felt his loss deeply. At the time when Sankarshan Thakur passed away, he was still known as one of the top voices in Indian political reporting.

Sankarshan Thakur Death Reason

People are curious about Sankarshan Thakur death reason. It was made official that Sankarshan Thakur death reason was a long illness that he had been facing for some time. Despite receiving treatments, his health did not improve. However, the exact cause is not revealed by his family.

Sankarshan Thakur Wife

There is not much public information about Sankarshan Thakur wife. He did not share many details about his family life, even though he was a well-known journalist. Sankarshan Thakur wife is alive but keeps her life private and away from the media.

Sankarshan Thakur Age

When he died, Sankarshan Thakur age was 63 years old old. He was born in 1962 in Patna, Bihar. Sankarshan Thakur age was 22 years old when he began his journalism career in 1984. He had worked in the field for nearly forty years.