# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhogeswar-baruah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:56:04.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhogeswar-baruah"
name: "Bhogeswar Baruah"
slug: "bhogeswar-baruah"
description: "Bhogeswar Baruah is an Indian retired athlete, coach, and military soldier. Considered one of the greatest athlete from Assam, he is the first Arjuna award recipient from his state. His gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games, running a time of 1:49.4 in the 800 metres, set a new record in the competition and made him the first Assamese athlete to win an international gold medal. For his achievements, he is widely regarded as a state icon and sporting legend."
tagline: "Indian athlete and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bhogeswar_Baruah_in_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1940-09-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.95
  momentum:             2.826086956521739
  historical:           4.892154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bhogeswar Baruah"
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    title: "بهوجيسوار بارواه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "ভোগেশ্বৰ বৰুৱা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bhogeswar_Baruah"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AD%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "భోగేశ్వర్ బారువా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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