# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhavna-chikhalia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:33:02.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhavna-chikhalia"
name: "Bhavna Chikhalia"
slug: "bhavna-chikhalia"
description: "Bhavna Chikhalia was a Minister of State of Parliamentary Affairs and of Tourism and Culture in Government of India from 2003 to 2004. She was also a member of Lok Sabha and the first lady of Gujarat who won four consecutive term of Lok Sabha from Junagadh constituency, Gujarat. She was executive secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Wing from 1993 to 1996, and party Whip and Party Vice President in 1998. She was Chairperson of the Railway Convention Committee during 1999–2002."
tagline: "Ex. Union Minister of India (1955-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Minister_of_State_for_Tourism_and_Culture_Smt._Bhawanaben_Chikalia_meets_the_Maldives_Tourism_Minister_Mr._Hassan_Sobir_to_discuss_the_bilateral_relations_in_New_Delhi_on_February_04%2C_2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1955-02-14"
deathDate: "2013-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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