# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ashok-singhal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:23:50.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ashok-singhal"
name: "Ashok Singhal"
slug: "ashok-singhal"
description: "Ashok Singhal was an Indian activist and the international working president of the Hindu organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) for over 20 years and in charge of the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He was replaced in the Vishva Hindu Parishad in December 2011 following a long bout of diminishing physical health. Succeeded by Praveen Togadia, Singhal suffered ill-health but was working till a month before his death."
tagline: "Former President of Vishva Hindu Parishas and Hindu activist (1926–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashok_Singhal_Minister.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1926-09-15"
deathDate: "2015-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           6.2549
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump