# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bharatendu-harishchandra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:52:15.950Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bharatendu-harishchandra"
name: "Bharatendu Harishchandra"
slug: "bharatendu-harishchandra"
description: "Bharatendu Harishchandra was an Indian poet, writer, and playwright. He authored several dramas, biographical sketches, and travel accounts with the goal of influencing public opinion. Bharatendu Harishchandra is often considered the father of modern Hindi literature and theatre. Some modern Indian authors have described him as a Yug Charan for his writing depicting the exploitative nature of the British Raj."
tagline: "Indian writer (1850-1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bharatendu_Harishchandra_1976_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1850-09-09"
deathDate: "1885-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.74370666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  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