# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/appa-sahib-pant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:00:29.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/appa-sahib-pant"
name: "Appa Sahib Pant"
slug: "appa-sahib-pant"
description: "Appasaheb Pant (1912–1992), also known as Apa Pant, Appa Pant, Appa Sahib Pant, Appsaheb Balasaheb Pant, Parashuram-rao Pant, was an Indian diplomat, Prince of Aundh, Gandhian, writer and freedom fighter. A philosopher by nature and a mystic at heart, who served for over forty years as a career diplomat for the Indian Government. He served as the Indian Commissioner at various African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Belgian colony of the Congo and, later, as the Indian ambassador to countries like Indonesia, Norway, Egypt, United Kingdom and Italy. He also served as the Political Officer for India in the Kingdom of Sikkim. The Government of India honoured him in 1954, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society, placing him among the first recipients of the award."
tagline: "Indian prince, Gandhian, writer, freedom fighter and diplomat (1912-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jomo_Kenyatta_Apa_Pant_and_Acheing_Oneko.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1912-09-11"
deathDate: "1992-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6888361045130641
  historical:           8.549533333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "اپا پنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اپا ساهيب پانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آپا پانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apasaheb_Balasaheb_Pant"
    title: "Apasaheb Balasaheb Pant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Pant"
    title: "Apa Pant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Sahib"
    title: "Apa Sahib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apasaheb_Balasaheb_Pant"
    title: "Apasaheb Balasaheb Pant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Pant"
    title: "Apa Pant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4"
    title: "अप्पासाहेब बाळासाहेब पंत"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appa_Sahib"
    title: "Appa Sahib"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2777720"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump