# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benegal-shiva-rao
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:51:02.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benegal-shiva-rao"
name: "Benegal Shiva Rao"
slug: "benegal-shiva-rao"
description: "Benegal Shiva Rao was an Indian journalist and politician. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and an elected representative of the South Kanara constituency in the First Lok Sabha. He was the correspondent of The Hindu and then of the Manchester Guardian. He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1957 - 1960 and a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan."
tagline: "Indian politician (1891-1975)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/B._Shiva_Rao.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1891-02-26"
deathDate: "1975-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.540605333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump