# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bekal-utsahi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:40:54.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bekal-utsahi"
name: "Bekal Utsahi"
slug: "bekal-utsahi"
description: "Muhammad Shafi Ali Khan, popularly known as Bekal Utsahi, was an Indian poet, writer and politician. He was a congressman close to Indira Gandhi and a Member of Parliament in the Upper House Rajya Sabha. He received several national awards, including the Padma Shri in 1976 and Yash Bharti."
tagline: "Indian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bekal_Utsahi_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-06-01"
deathDate: "2016-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.6
  momentum:             6.708860759493672
  historical:           5.747589333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80"
    title: "बेकल उत्साही"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bekal_Utsahi"
    title: "Bekal Utsahi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80"
    title: "बेकल उत्साही"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bekal_Utsahi"
    title: "Bekal Utsahi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B9%E0%AE%BF"
    title: "பேக்கல் உட்சாஹி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%81%DB%8C"
    title: "بیکل اتساہی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21176276"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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