# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ammar-shaikh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:52:43.239Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ammar-shaikh"
name: "Ammar shaikh"
slug: "ammar-shaikh"
description: "Namdeo Laxman Dhasal was a Marathi poet, writer and Dalit activist from Maharashtra, India. He was one of the founders of the Dalit Panthers in 1972, a social movement aimed at destroying caste hierarchy in Indian society. The movement was active in the 1970s and the 1980s during which time it popularised the usage of the term dalit in India. Dhasal was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sahitya Akademi in 2004."
tagline: "Indian writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-02-15"
deathDate: "2014-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.277292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "نامدیو دھسال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Namdeo Dhasal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "नामदेव ढसाल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ನಾಮದೇವ ಢಸಾಳ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "नामदेव ढसाळ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਨਾਮਦੇਵ ਢਸਾਲ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AF%DA%BE%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "نامدیو دھسال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%A7%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "నామ్‌దేవ్ ధసల్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6961489"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump