# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chaman-nahal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:09:31.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chaman-nahal"
name: "Chaman Nahal"
slug: "chaman-nahal"
description: "Chaman Nahal (1927–2013), commonly known as C Nahal and Chaman Nahal Azadi, was an Indian born writer of English literature. He was widely considered one of the best exponents of Indian writing in English and is known for his work, Azadi, which is set on India's Independence and her partition. He is also known for his depiction of Mahatma Gandhi as a complex character with human failings."
tagline: "Indian writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-08-02"
deathDate: "2013-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.35
  momentum:             17.55169561621174
  historical:           5.085062666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaman_Nahal"
    title: "Chaman Nahal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "تشمن ناهال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "تشمن ناهال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%86%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "چمن نہال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2"
    title: "चमन नाहल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B2"
    title: "ਚਮਨ ਨਾਹਲ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16591805"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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