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	'''Anuja Chandra-Thakur''' (born 1983)<ref name="PTI">{{cite news \|title=Anuja bags World Billiards crown \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|date=7 April 2005 \|work=Rediff \|agency=[[Press Trust of India\|PTI]] \|url= http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/apr/07bill.htm \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050413205442/http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/apr/07bill.htm \|archive-date=13 April 2005 \|access-date=19 January 2018}}<!--Same article also at ZeeNews.India.com: http://zeenews.india.com/home/anuja-thakur-bags-world-ladies-billiards-crown_210956.html --></ref> is an ~~[[India]]n~~ amateur player of [[snooker]] and [[English billiards]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2006/jan/07snook.htm \|title=Anuja Thakur triumphs \|date=7 January 2006 \|work=[[Rediff]] \|access-date=5 May 2010 \|archive-date=27 February 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227102333/http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2006/jan/07snook.htm \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/03/stories/2007020308621800.htm \|title=Alok and Anuja clinch titles \|date=3 February 2007 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=5 May 2010 \|archive-date=9 April 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409194701/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/03/stories/2007020308621800.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		'''Anuja Chandra-Thakur''' (born 1983)<ref name="PTI">{{cite news \|title=Anuja bags World Billiards crown \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|date=7 April 2005 \|work=Rediff \|agency=[[Press Trust of India\|PTI]] \|url= http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/apr/07bill.htm \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050413205442/http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/apr/07bill.htm \|archive-date=13 April 2005 \|access-date=19 January 2018}}<!--Same article also at ZeeNews.India.com: http://zeenews.india.com/home/anuja-thakur-bags-world-ladies-billiards-crown_210956.html --></ref> is an Indian amateur player of [[snooker]] and [[English billiards]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2006/jan/07snook.htm \|title=Anuja Thakur triumphs \|date=7 January 2006 \|work=[[Rediff]] \|access-date=5 May 2010 \|archive-date=27 February 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227102333/http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2006/jan/07snook.htm \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/03/stories/2007020308621800.htm \|title=Alok and Anuja clinch titles \|date=3 February 2007 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=5 May 2010 \|archive-date=9 April 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409194701/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/03/stories/2007020308621800.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	She won the [[WLBSA]] [[World Women’s Billiards Championship\|Ladies World Billiards Championship]] title in April 2005, in a 243–136 victory over [[Lynette Horsburgh]] of Scotland,<ref name="PTI" /><ref name="On-cue">{{cite web \|first=Roshni \|last=Olivera \|title=On cue \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/On-cue/articleshow/1161514.cms \|work=The Times of India \|date=5 July 2005 \|access-date=24 April 2011 \|archive-date=5 November 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105070023/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/On-cue/articleshow/1161514.cms \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Anuja wins world crown \|work=The Statesman (India) \|date=8 April 2005\|via=NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019.}}</ref> and reached the semi-final at the [[2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship#Women\|2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship]] in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]], where she was eliminated by [[~~In Wan-ip~~]] 4–2.<ref name="Scene">{{cite magazine \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Wendy Jans in class of her own \|magazine=Snooker Scene \|page=27 \|publisher=Everton's News Agency \|issue=December 2006}}</ref>		She won the [[WLBSA]] [[World Women’s Billiards Championship\|Ladies World Billiards Championship]] title in April 2005, in a 243–136 victory over [[Lynette Horsburgh]] of Scotland,<ref name="PTI" /><ref name="On-cue">{{cite web \|first=Roshni \|last=Olivera \|title=On cue \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/On-cue/articleshow/1161514.cms \|work=The Times of India \|date=5 July 2005 \|access-date=24 April 2011 \|archive-date=5 November 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105070023/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/On-cue/articleshow/1161514.cms \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Anuja wins world crown \|work=The Statesman (India) \|date=8 April 2005\|via=NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019.}}</ref> and reached the semi-final at the [[2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship#Women\|2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship]] in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]], where she was eliminated by [[Jaique Ip]] 4–2.<ref name="Scene">{{cite magazine \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Wendy Jans in class of her own \|magazine=Snooker Scene \|page=27 \|publisher=Everton's News Agency \|issue=December 2006}}</ref>

	Thakur is a native of [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]. She has won several state and national championships in both snooker and billiards. Her sister, [[Meenal Thakur]], is also a player in both disciplines. Anuja is married to [[Manan Chandra]], another Indian amateur billiards player.		Thakur is a native of [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]. She has won several state and national championships in both snooker and billiards. Her sister, [[Meenal Thakur]], is also a player in both disciplines. Anuja is married to [[Manan Chandra]], another Indian amateur billiards player.
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	\| caption =		\| caption = Arjuna Award in 2005 to Ms. Anuja Prakash Thakur for Billiards and Snooker
	\| birth_date = {{Birth year and age\|1983}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth year and age\|1983}}
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{{short description|Indian snooker player}}
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{{Infobox snooker player
| name = Anuja Chandra-Thakur
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1983}}
| birth_place = [[India]]
| Sport country = {{IND}}
| Nickname =
| Professional =
| High ranking =
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}}
'''Anuja Chandra-Thakur''' (born 1983)<ref name="PTI">{{cite news |title=Anuja bags World Billiards crown |author= |date=7 April 2005 |work=Rediff |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |url= http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/apr/07bill.htm |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050413205442/http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/apr/07bill.htm |archive-date=13 April 2005 |access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref> is an [[India]]n amateur player of [[snooker]] and [[English billiards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2006/jan/07snook.htm |title=Anuja Thakur triumphs |date=7 January 2006 |work=[[Rediff]] |access-date=5 May 2010 |archive-date=27 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227102333/http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2006/jan/07snook.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/03/stories/2007020308621800.htm |title=Alok and Anuja clinch titles |date=3 February 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=5 May 2010 |archive-date=9 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409194701/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/03/stories/2007020308621800.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She won the [[WLBSA]] [[World Women’s Billiards Championship|Ladies World Billiards Championship]] title in April 2005, in a 243–136 victory over [[Lynette Horsburgh]] of Scotland,<ref name="PTI" /><ref name="On-cue">{{cite web |first=Roshni |last=Olivera |title=On cue |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/On-cue/articleshow/1161514.cms |work=The Times of India |date=5 July 2005 |access-date=24 April 2011 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105070023/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/On-cue/articleshow/1161514.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Anuja wins world crown |work=The Statesman (India) |date=8 April 2005|via=NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019.}}</ref> and reached the semi-final at the [[2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship#Women|2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship]] in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]], where she was eliminated by [[In Wan-ip]] 4–2.<ref name="Scene">{{cite magazine |author= |title=Wendy Jans in class of her own |magazine=Snooker Scene |page=27 |publisher=Everton's News Agency |issue=December 2006}}</ref>

Thakur is a native of [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]. She has won several state and national championships in both snooker and billiards. Her sister, [[Meenal Thakur]], is also a player in both disciplines. Anuja is married to [[Manan Chandra]], another Indian amateur billiards player.

==Titles and achievements==
'''Snooker'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Outcome !! No. !! Year !! Championship !! Opponent !! Score !! Ref.
|-
!scope="row" style="background:yellow;"| Semi-finalist
|| 1 || 2006 || [[2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship#Women|IBSF World Snooker Championship]] || [[In Wan-ip]] || 4–2 || <ref name="Scene" />
|}

'''[[English billiards]]'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Outcome !! No. !! Year !! Championship !! Opponent !! Score !! Ref.
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"| Winner
|| 1 || 2005 || [[World Women’s Billiards Championship|World Ladies Billiards Championship]] || [[Lynette Horsburgh]] || 243–136 || <ref name="PTI" /><ref name="On-cue" />
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Women's world champions of English billiards}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Indian snooker players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Cue sports players at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Female snooker players]]
[[Category:Female players of English billiards]]
[[Category:Indian players of English billiards]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Cue sports players from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:World champions in English billiards]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]

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