# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balwant-gargi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:37:55.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balwant-gargi"
name: "Balwant Gargi"
slug: "balwant-gargi"
description: "Balwant Gargi was an Indian Punjabi language dramatist, theatre director, novelist, short story writer, and academic."
tagline: "Indian dramatist and theatre director (1916-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balwant_Gargi_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-12-04"
deathDate: "2003-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.448485903237035
  historical:           6.42052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump