His grandfather Mahashankar Thakur was had fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 for Nanasaheb Peshwa.
Dakshaben Mehta and Shri Laxmipati Shukla, a disciple of Pandit Omkarnath Thakur.
Iftikhar Thakur | Hitendra Thakur | Mahesh Thakur | Thakur village | Thakur | Omkarnath Thakur | Jorasanko Thakur Bari | The Last Thakur | Thakur (Indian title) | Thakur Dalip Singh | Bhikhari Thakur | Anurag Thakur |
With such personages as Hariaudh ji, Babu Shyam Sunder Das, Acharya Shukla, Keshav Prasad Misra, art historians like Dr. Moti Chandra and Dr. Birbal Sahni, historian Dr. Altekar, artistes like Ustad Ram Prasad, Omkarnath Thakur or Heerabai Badodekar present in the house on any given day, Anand's interest and involvement with art-forms intensified.