# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/b-g-kher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:47:35.130Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/b-g-kher"
name: "B. G. Kher"
slug: "b-g-kher"
description: "Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher was an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of Bombay and the first chief minister of Bombay State (1947–1952). He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1954. A lawyer, solicitor and social worker by choice and politician by necessity, Kher was often described as \"Sajjan\", good and gentle. Kher was a scholar, an accomplished orator, and a man with no pretensions."
tagline: "Indian politician (1888-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BG_Kher_1989_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1888-08-24"
deathDate: "1957-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.130434782608694
  historical:           10.645
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump